Matthew 5:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.
  • John 15:8 : 8 Herein is my father glorified: that ye beare much fruite, and become my disciples.
  • 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 Which by the experiment of this ministration, prayse God for the obedience of your consentyng to the Gospell of Christe, and for your singlenesse in distributyng to them, and to all men:
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all. 6 If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth. 7 But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.
  • 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saintes, and to be made marueylous in all them that beleue (because our testimonie toward you was beleued) in that day. 11 Wherfore also we praye alwayes for you, that our God woulde make you worthy of the callyng, & fulfyll all good pleasure of goodnesse in the worke of fayth in power: 12 That the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe may be glorified in you, and ye in hym, accordyng to the grace of our God, and the Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That ye may be blamelesse and pure, the sonnes of God, without rebuke in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nation, among who shyne ye as lightes in the worlde, 16 Holdyng fast the worde of lyfe, to my reioycyng in the day of Christe that I haue not runne in vayne, neither haue laboured in vayne.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of lyght.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Get thee vp betymes, and be bright O Hierusalem for thy light commeth, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee. 2 For lo, whyle the darknesse & cloude couereth the earth and the people, the Lorde shall shewe thee light, and his glory shalbe seene in thee. 3 The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee.
  • Isa 58:8 : 8 Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thy health florishe right shortly: righteousnesse shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee.
  • Matt 6:1-5 : 1 Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen. 2 Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward. 3 But when thou doest thyne almes, let not thy left hande knowe, what thy ryght hande doeth, 4 That thyne almes may be in secrete: And thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they loue to stande, praying in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streates, that they may be sene of men. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde.
  • 1 Tim 5:25 : 25 Lykewise also, good workes are manifest before hande, and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If any man speake, let hym talke as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 That they do good, that they be riche in good workes, that they be redye to geue, glad to distribute:
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes, in the doctrine, vncorruptnesse, grauitie, integritie,
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes, whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them.
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 That ye woulde walke worthie of God, who hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorie.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 Therefore let vs not sleepe, as do other: but let vs watche and be sober. 7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght. 8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation.
  • Titus 3:7-8 : 7 That we iustified by his grace, should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe. 8 This is a faythfull saying: And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme, that they which haue beleued in God, myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes. These thynges are good and profitable vnto men.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses, that they be not vnfruitefull.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes,
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royall priesthood, an holy nation, a peculier people: that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion, that I might geue I say beautie in steede of asshes, ioyfull oyntment for sighing, pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 But when the multitudes sawe it, they marueyled, & glorified God, which had geuen such power vnto men.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes.
  • Gal 1:24 : 24 And they glorified God in me.
  • Acts 9:36 : 36 There was also at Ioppa a certayne woman, a disciple, named Tabitha, which by interpretatio is called Dorcas: the same was full of good workes and almes deedes, which she dyd.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And chiefely consideryng the season, howe that it is tyme that we shoulde nowe awake out of slepe: For nowe is our saluation nearer, then when we beleued. 12 The nyght is passed, the day is come nye. Let vs therfore caste away the deedes of darknesse, & let vs put on the armour of lyght. 13 Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying. 14 But put ye on ye Lorde Iesus Christe. And make not prouision for the fleshe, to the lustes therof.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest, and so falleth he downe on his face, and worshippeth God, and sayth that God is in you of a trueth.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Likewise ye wyues, be in subiectio to your husbandes, that euen they whiche obey not the word, may without the word, be wonne by the couersation of ye wiues,
  • Titus 3:4 : 4 But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared,
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke.
  • 1 Tim 2:10 : 10 But (that becommeth women professyng godlynesse) through good workes.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreouer, when ye fast, be not of an heauy countenaunce, as hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, that they myght appeare vnto men, to fast. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde.
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no man your father, vpon the earth: for one is your father, which is in heauen.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said vnto them, When ye pray, say: O our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name, thy kyngdome come, thy wyll be fulfylled, euen in earth also, as it is in heauen.

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    11Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake.

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    13Ye are the salt of the earth. But yf the salt become vnsauery, where in shall it be salted? It is thencefoorth good for nothing, but to be caste out, and to be troden vnder foote of men.

    14Ye are the lyght of the worlde. A citie that is set on an hyll, can not be hyd.

    15Neyther do men lyght a candell, and put it vnder a busshell: but on a candelsticke, and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33No man lyghteth a candle, & putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a busshell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in may see the lyght,

    34The lyght of the body, is the eye: Therefore when thyne eye is single, all thy body also shalbe full of lyght. But if thyne eye be euyll, thy body also shalbe full of darknesse.

    35Take heede therefore, that the lyght which is in thee, be not darknes.

    36If all thy body therfore be cleare, hauyng no part darke, then shall it all be full of lyght, euen as when a candle doth lyght thee with bryghtnes.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16No man when he lyghteth a candel, couereth it with a vessell, or putteth it vnder a table, but setteth it on a candlesticke, that they which enter in, may see the lyght.

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  • Matt 6:1-6
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    1Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen.

    2Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

    3But when thou doest thyne almes, let not thy left hande knowe, what thy ryght hande doeth,

    4That thyne almes may be in secrete: And thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.

    5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they loue to stande, praying in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streates, that they may be sene of men. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde.

    6But when thou prayest, enter into thy chaumber, and when thou hast shut thy dore, pray to thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.

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    21And he saide vnto them: Is the candle lyghted to be put vnder a busshell, or vnder the table? And not to be put on a candelsticke?

    22For there is nothing so priuie that shal not be opened: neither hath it ben so secrete, but that it shall come abrode.

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    18That thou appeare not vnto men, to fast: but vnto thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.

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    19And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll.

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    35Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Yet a litle while is the light with you. Walke while ye haue light, lest the darknesse come on you: For he that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.

    36Whyle ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyght, that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght. These thynges spake Iesus, and departed, & hyd hym selfe from the.

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    45That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.

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    2And was transfigured before them, and his face did shyne as the sunne, and his clothes were as whyte as the lyght.

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