Matthew 6:4

4. In secret Literally in the secret place. God seeth that secret place, and shall reward thee in the open place. Thy good deeds were covered; thy reward shall be before assembled worlds. Shall reward thee The great principle of reward for good works done with the pure eye to God alone, seems almost forgotten. The fear of claiming merit for our good works and deeds of righteousness for God, has become extreme. Yet evangelically, and by the great condescension of God, a merit, at least a rewardableness, is attributed to deeds of goodness, performed from a right heart, for God. The dollar, nay, the cent, given for Christ from a love for Christ, is an investment which he will repay with an eternal interest.