Matthew 5:16 — "Let your light so shin…" Meaning & Verse Card (KJV)

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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16 (KJV)

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Background of this verse

These words come right after the Sermon on the Mount likens the disciples to the 'light of the world.' It makes clear that the purpose of light is not self-display, but that through good works people would 'give glory to God.'

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