Even so (ουτως). The adverb points backward to the lamp-stand. Thus men are to let their light shine, not to glorify themselves, b…

Let your light so shine, etc. Let your holy life, your pure conduct, and your faithful instruction be everywhere seen and known. Always, i…

Let your light so shine — The English phrasing of this sentence is somewhat misleading or ambiguous. It does not simply mean, “Let…

The light is ours, but the glorification is for our Father in heaven. We shine because we have light, and we are seen because we s…

Jesus drives the metaphor home. His disciples must show their “good works”—i.e., all righteousness, everything they are and do that reflects the mi…

Let your light shine before men. After He taught the apostles that, because of the rank in which they are placed, both their vices and the…

Let your light so shine before men
Here Christ applies the foregoing simile to his disciples, and more fully opens t…

You are the salt of the earth. Mankind, lying in ignorance and wickedness, was like a vast heap, ready to putrefy; but Christ sent forth h…

A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. The city is the congregation of the faithful, namely…