so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly.
Matthew 6:18 - Modern King James Version so that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that your fasting may not be noticed by men but by your Father, Who sees in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open. American Standard Version (1901) that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee. Common English Bible Then you won’t look like you are fasting to people, but only to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Catholic Public Domain Version so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee. |
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly.
But you, when you pray, enter into your room. And shutting your door, pray to your Father in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.
For not he who commends himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
Therefore we are also laboring to be well-pleasing to Him, whether at home or away from home.
so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Then be in obedience to every ordinance of men, because of the Lord, whether to a king as supreme,