Matthew

Matthew 6:1

¹“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts^a before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Footnotes

a 6:1 BYZ and TR charitable acts or alms

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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Be careful	Προσέχετε	Prosechete	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G4337 I pay attention to, devote myself to
not	μὴ	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
to perform	ποιεῖν	poiein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G4160 I do, make
your	ὑμῶν	hymōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
righteous acts	δικαιοσύνην	dikaiosynēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1343 justice, justness, righteousness
before	ἔμπροσθεν	emprosthen	Preposition	G1715 in front, before the face
men	ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural	G444 a man, one of the human race
to be seen	θεαθῆναι	theathēnai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive	G2300 I see, behold, contemplate, visit
by them	αὐτοῖς	autois	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
If	εἰ	ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
you will have	ἔχετε	echete	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2192 I have, hold, possess
no	οὐκ	ouk	Adverb	G3756 no, not
reward	μισθὸν	misthon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3408 wages, reward
from	παρὰ	para	Preposition	G3844 from, in the presence of
your	ὑμῶν	hymōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
Father	Πατρὶ	Patri	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
heaven	οὐρανοῖς	ouranois	Noun - Dative Masculine Plural	G3772 the sky, the heaven

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Matthew 23:5 · John 12:43 · Hebrews 6:10 · Matthew 23:28–30 · Luke 16:15 · Galatians 6:12 · Matthew 6:4–6 · Ezekiel 33:31 · John 5:44 · 2 John 1:8 · Matthew 16:6 · Mark 8:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.