But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! |
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! |
“But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness; if therefore the sight that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! |
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! |
But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [ your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness! |
But if your eye be diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light which is in you is darkness, how great. |
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If all the light you have is darkness, it is dark indeed! |
But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very source of light in you is darkness, how dense is that darkness! |
But 1161 if 1437 thine 4675 eye 3788 be 5600 evil, 4190 thy 4675 whole 3650 body 4983 shall be 2071 full of darkness. 4652 If 1487 therefore 3767 the 3588 light 5457 that 3588 is in 1722 thee 4671 be 2076 darkness, 4655 how great 4214 is that darkness! 4655 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
- Sight - Neil Girrard An unusual Greek word points to the need to see with God’s eyes and not our own.
- Spiritual Blindness - Neil Girrard - ( in Adobe/pdf format ) Whether we look at Nicodemus or Eve or Cain or Saul or Elymas or ourselves, the sin nature is common to every man, woman and child.
- 6. The Way of Christ Is Still Narrow; The “Church” Paradigm (a la Tozer) - Neil Girrard Tozer, writing around 1960, gives testimony here of a quick but dramatic transformation in the practice of following Christ.