Ephesians 5:8

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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10 Once, you were not a people, but now you are God's people. Once, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient.
  • John 12:36 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." Jesus said this, then went away and was hidden from them.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations. 7 To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out from the dungeon, and to release those who dwell in darkness from their confinement.
  • Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. 20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will come to an end.
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 You have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.
  • Eph 4:18 : 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
  • Eph 6:12 : 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,
  • 1 Thess 5:4-8 : 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
  • Ps 74:20 : 20 Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are filled with the dens of violence.
  • Gal 5:25 : 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
  • Rom 2:19 : 19 and are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • John 1:4-5 : 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned upon them.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 He says, 'It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations so that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.'
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 To say to the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' They will feed along the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.

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    4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

    5You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

    6So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

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    7Therefore, do not be partners with them.

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    7You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them.

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    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)

    10Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

    11Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

    12For it is shameful even to speak of what they do in secret.

    13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is made visible is light.

    14Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

    15Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.

    16Make the most of the time, because the days are evil.

    17Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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    35Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." Jesus said this, then went away and was hidden from them.

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    1Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.

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    5This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

    6If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

    7But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

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    1And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.

    2In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient.

    3Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

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    17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

    18They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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    15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverted generation. Among them, you shine as lights in the world,

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    12The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

    13Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

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    8Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

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    35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

    36So if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.

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    6Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him.

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    14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

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    11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

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    13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,

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    6For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    14As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

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    5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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    7(For we live by faith, not by sight.)

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    5Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

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    12encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

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    14Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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    19This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

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    12were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

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    16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

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    10'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'

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    26So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

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    20But that is not the way you learned Christ,