Matthew 5:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)8 “Those persons whose hearts are pure [before God] are blessed because they will see God. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17698 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition8 Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous–possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! [Ps. 24:3, 4.] See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. See the chapterCommon English Bible8 “Happy are people who have pure hearts, because they will see God. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. See the chapter |
Everything is pure [i.e., ceremonially acceptable] to the person who is pure [i.e., who has been cleansed by the blood of Christ], but to those who are [spiritually] corrupt, and do not believe [in Christ], nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted. [Note: This statement was intended to remove the physical restrictions imposed by the Law of Moses].
For now [i.e., during the church’s infant state] we see in a mirror [Note: God’s word is elsewhere likened to a mirror. See James 1:22-25] indistinctly [i.e., because of having only partial knowledge and prophecy], but then [i.e., when the church matures and has the completed Scriptures], we will see face to face [i.e., clearly]. Now I have [only] partial knowledge, but then I will have full knowledge, just as [God has] full knowledge of me.