Lexicon :: Strong's G1715 - emprosthen

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

“leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness[fn] in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

“Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

“This is the one about whom it is written:

See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;

he will prepare your way before you.

“Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.[fn]

He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light.

“In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.[fn]

“All the nations[fn] will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

But he denied it in front of everyone: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Now Jesus stood before the governor. “Are you the king of the Jews? ” the governor asked him.

Jesus answered, “You say so.”

They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews! ”

Immediately he got up, took the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this! ”

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them,

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

“This is the one about whom it is written:

See, I am sending my messenger

ahead of you;

he will prepare your way before you.

At that time he[fn] rejoiced in the Holy[fn] Spirit and said, “I praise[fn] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.[fn]

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

There in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way.

“But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter[fn] them in my presence.’ ”

“But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength[fn] to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

(John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”)

“This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’

“You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’

“When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice.

Even though he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him.

Staring at him in awe, he said, “What is it, Lord? ”

The angel told him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

And they all[fn] seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal, but none of these things mattered to Gallio.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas[fn] in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews? ”[fn]

Brothers and sisters, I do not[fn] consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy we experience before our God because of you,

May he make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.[fn]

This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him

Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne.

Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were around the throne on each side.

Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit[fn] of prophecy.”

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me.