so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:18 - New International Version (Anglicised) so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 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 giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,