Matthew 5:16 Cross References - WPNT

¹⁶ So also let your light shine before the people so that they may see your good works and may glorify your Father in the heavens.

⁴⁵ that you may prove to be sons of your Father in the heavens; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and the unjust.

¹ “Be careful not to do your charitable giving before the people so as to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in the heavens. ² Therefore, whenever you do charitable giving do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by the people. Assuredly I say to you, they already have their reward. ³ But when you do charitable giving do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴ so that your charitable giving may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself repay you openly. ⁵ And whenever you pray do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by the people. Assuredly I say to you that they already have their reward.

⁹ Therefore, you pray like this: ‘Our Father who is in the heavens, let Your name be reverenced;

¹⁶ “Also, whenever you fast do not become gloomy like the hypocrites, because they disfigure their faces so that people will notice that they are fasting. Assuredly I say to you that they already have their reward.

⁸ And seeing it the crowds marveled and glorified God, the one giving such authority to the people.

⁵ “Rather, they do all their works in order to be seen by people. They make their phylacteries broad and the tassels on their garments large;

⁹ And do not call anyone on earth your ‘father’; because your Father is one, He who is in the heavens.

² So He said to them: “Whenever you pray, say: Our Father who is in the heavens, your name must be reverenced. Your Kingdom must come. Your will must be done on earth as it is in heaven.

⁸ My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit; and you will become disciples to me .

³⁶ Now there was a certain disciple in Joppa named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds that she kept doing.

¹¹ Besides this, knowing the time, it is high time for us to be awakened from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ¹² The night is nearly over, and the day is near; so let us get rid of the works of the darkness, and let us put on the weapons of the light. ¹³ Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual orgies and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, with a view to lusts.

²⁵ And thus the secrets of his heart are exposed, and so, falling on his face he will worship God, affirming, “Truly God is among you.”

¹³ —on the basis of the proof that this service gives, they are glorifying God for the obedience of your confession into the Gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your sharing with them and everybody—

²⁴ And they glorified God about me.

¹⁰ You see, we are His ‘poem’, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance in order that we should walk in them.

⁸ —even though you were once darkness, you are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

¹⁵ so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and depraved generation, among whom you shine as light bearers in the world, ¹⁶ holding fast the Word of Life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor for nothing.

¹² insisting that you conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

⁶ So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay alert and sober; ⁷ because those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night; ⁸ but we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet of hope of salvation.

¹⁰ whenever He comes to be glorified by His saints, yes to be marveled at by all who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed); in that Day. ¹¹ To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power, ¹² so that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ but with good works, which is appropriate to women who profess godliness.

¹⁰ known for good works—she brought up children, she lodged strangers, she washed saints’ feet, she relieved the afflicted, she devoted herself to every good work.

²⁵ So also the good works are obvious; even the ones that are not, cannot be hidden.

¹⁸ they are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous sharers

⁷ in all things presenting yourself as an example of good works: showing integrity, dignity and incorruptibility in your teaching

¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, so that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.

⁴ But when the kindness of our Savior God and His love toward mankind manifested itself,

⁷ so that having been justified by His grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. ⁸ The above is a trustworthy statement and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be concerned to take the lead in good works. These things are good and profitable for mankind.

¹⁴ And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet pressing needs, that they not be unfruitful.

²⁴ And let us contemplate one another, for the stirring up of love and good works,

⁹ But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a private-property people, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

¹² keeping your way of life among the nations praiseworthy (you being foreigners and sojourners), so that wherein they speak against you as evildoers, in spite of the praiseworthy deeds they have observed, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹ Similarly, wives, be submissive to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the Word, they may be won over, without a word, by the conduct of their wives

¹⁶ keeping a good conscience, so that wherein they speak against you as evildoers, those who revile your good way of life in Christ may be put to shame.

¹¹ If anyone speaks, let it be as utterances of God. If anyone serves, let it be as from strength as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion throughout the ages. Amen.

¹⁴ If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of the glory and of God has come to rest upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

⁵ Now this is the message that we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and there is no darkness at all in Him. ⁶ If we claim that we have fellowship with Him while walking in the darkness, we are lying and not living the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light just as He is in the light we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.