Matthew 5:3
King James Version
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Who are the "poor in spirit"?
This born again workman has often wondered what that really means.
This blog was created purposely for discerning what specific words/phrases from the Bible really mean, through guidance from the HOLY SPIRIT.
Today, we look in what JESUS said about the "poor in spirit".
Here's what other Bible versions reveal:
Matthew 5:3 Amplified Bible
3 “Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].
Matthew 5:3 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
3 Blessed (happy, [a]to be envied, and [b]spiritually prosperous—[c]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!
Matthew 5:3 J.B. Phillips New Testament
3 “How happy are the humble-minded, for the kingdom of Heaven is theirs!
Matthew 5:3 Living Bible
3 “Humble men are very fortunate!” he told them, “for the Kingdom of Heaven is given to them.
Matthew 5:3 New Life Version
3 “Those who know there is nothing good in themselves are happy, because the holy nation of heaven is theirs.
Matthew 5:3 New International Reader's Version
3 “Blessed are those who are spiritually needy.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 5:3 New Century Version
3 “They are blessed who realize their spiritual poverty,
for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 5:3 Names of God Bible
3 “Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually helpless.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 5:3 International Standard Version
The Blessed Attitudes
3 “How blessed are those who are destitute in spirit,
because the kingdom from[a] heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 5:3 International Children’s Bible
3 “Those people who know they have great spiritual needs are happy.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 5:3 Good News Translation
True Happiness
3 “Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor;
the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 5:3 GOD’S WORD Translation
3 “Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually helpless.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 5:3 Easy-to-Read Version
3 “Great blessings belong to those who know they are spiritually in need.
God’s kingdom belongs to them.
Matthew 5:3 EasyEnglish Bible
3 ‘Happy are the people who know that they need God very much.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like that.
Matthew 5:3 Expanded Bible
3 “·They are blessed [or Blessed are those…; C and so through v. 10] who ·realize their spiritual poverty [L are the poor in spirit],
for the kingdom of heaven ·belongs to them [is theirs].
Matthew 5:3 Easy-to-Read Version
3 “Great blessings belong to those who know they are spiritually in need.
God’s kingdom belongs to them.
Matthew 5:3 Contemporary English Version
3 God blesses those people
who depend only on him.
They belong to the kingdom
of heaven!
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