1 Thessalonians 5:5

American Standard Version (1901)

for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • John 12:36 : 36 While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.

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