Matthew 5:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Blessed› [are] ‹the pure in heart: for they shall see God.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακάριοι οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ: ὅτι αὐτοὶ τὸν Θεὸν ὄψονται.

Transliteration

Makarioi the katharoi in the kardia: hoti they the Theon opsontai.

Grammar Details

• *Makarioi*: nominative masculine plural adjective - blessed/happy
• *katharoi*: nominative masculine plural - pure/clean
• *kardia*: dative feminine singular - heart
• *hoti*: conjunction - because/for
• *Theon*: accusative masculine singular - God
• *opsontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person plural - will see

Word Meanings

• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *katharoi*: pure/clean/clear
• *kardia*: heart/inner being/mind/will
• *Theon*: God/deity
• *opsontai*: will see/perceive/experience

Referenced Verses

• Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
• Acts 15:9 : 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Prov 22:11 : 11 ¶ He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
• 1 John 3:2-3 : 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• Rev 22:4 : 4 And they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] in their foreheads.
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
• Titus 1:15 : 15 Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
• Matt 23:25-28 : 25 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.› 26 [Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.› 27 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead› [men's] ‹bones, and of all uncleanness.› 28 ‹Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.›
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 ¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them].
• 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
• Ps 73:1 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
• 1 Chr 29:17-19 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all [these things], and to build the palace, [for] the which I have made provision.
• Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
• Ps 18:26 : 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 ¶ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
• Job 19:26-27 : 26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
• Ps 15:2 : 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
• Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.