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SBL Greek New Testament

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Matthew 6

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πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι αὐτοῖς

GRAMMARMOTIVETRANSLATIONhigh confidence

What motive corrupts public righteousness?

The passive infinitive describes acting for the purpose of being watched, noticed, or made a spectacle before other people.

Why this default

‘In order to be seen by them’ is default because pros to with the passive infinitive explicitly names public observation as the action’s purpose. ‘So that they will notice you’ exposes the motive in conversational English, while ‘put on a display’ adds a theatrical judgment beyond the grammar itself.

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Project defaultin order to be seen by them

Project default · purpose retained

Alternativeso that they will notice you

Motive exposed

Alternativeto put on a display for them

Spectacle foregrounded

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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