Luke 2:14 (GNV)

Passage

Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.

Nearby Context

Luke 2:12 And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.

Luke 2:13 And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praising God, and saying,

Luke 2:14 Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.

Luke 2:15 And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.

Luke 2:16 So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, and the babe laid in the cratch.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "glory", "high", "heauens", "peace", "earth", "towards", and "good". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "glory" and "high", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And straightway there was with the Angel..." into verse 15's "And it came to passe whe the...", so "glory" and "high" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "glory" and "high" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.