Ephesians 5:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For sometyme ye were darknesse, but now are ye lighte in the LORDE. Walke as the children of lighte.

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, and sayde: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shal not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But ye are that chosen generacion, that kyngly presthode, that holy nacion, that peculier people, yt ye shulde shewe the vertues of him, which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte: 10 Euen you which in tyme past were not a people, but now are the people of God: which were not vnder mercy, but now haue optayned mercy. 11 Dearly beloued, I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems, absteyne fro the fleshly lustes, which fighte agaynst the soule,
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But yf we walke in lighte, euen as he is in lighte, then haue we fellishippe together, and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 in the which in tyme past ye walked, acordinge to the course off this worlde, and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely, after ye sprete, which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue,
  • John 12:36 : 36 Beleue ye on the light, whyle ye haue it, that ye maye be the children of light. These thinges spake Iesus, and departed awaye, and hyd himself from them.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the lorde comended the vnrighteous stewarde, because he had done wysely. For the children of this worlde are in their kynde wyser, the the children of light.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORDE haue called ye in rightuousnesse, & led the by the honde. Therfore wil I also defende the, & geue the for a couenaunt of the people, & to be the light of the Getiles. 7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prysoners, & them that syt in darknesse, out of the dongeon house.
  • Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light, ad the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the: but ye LORDE himself shalbe thy euerlastinge light, & thy God shalbe thy glory. 20 The Sonne shal neuer go downe, & thy Moone shal not be taken awaye, for the LORDE himself shalbe thy euerlastinge light, ad thy sorouful dayes shal be rewarded ye.
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 It is to the that I crie (o house of Iacob) vp, let us walke in the light of the LORDE.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 Neuertheles ye people that haue dwelt in darcknesse, shal se a greate light. As for them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe of death, vpon them shal the light shyne.
  • Eph 4:18 : 18 blynded in their vnderstondinge, beynge straungers fro the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them, because of the blyndnes of their hert:
  • Eph 6:12 : 12 For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse, & translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne
  • 1 Thess 5:4-8 : 4 But ye brethren are not in darknes, that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe. 5 Ye are alltogether children of lighte, and children of the daye. We are not of the night, nether of darknesse. 6 Therfore let vs not slepe as do other, but let vs watch, and be sober. 7 For they that slepe, slepe in the nighte: and they that be dronken, are dronken in the nighte. 8 But let vs which are of the daye, be sober, armed wt the brestplate of faith and loue, and with ye helmet of hope to saluacion.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we oure selues also were in tymes past, vnwyse, dishobedient, in erroure, seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes, lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye, full of hate, hatynge one another.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 The olde comaundement is the worde, which ye haue herde from the begynnynge. Agayne, a new comaundemet wryte I vnto you, a thinge that is true in him & also in you: for the darknesse is past, and the true lighte now shyneth. 9 He that sayeth he is in lighte, and hateth his brother, is yet in darknesse. 10 He yt loueth his brother, abydeth in the lighte, and there is none occasion of euell in him. 11 But he yt hateth his brother, is in darknes, and walketh in darknes, and can not tell whither he goeth, for ye darknes hath blynded his eyes.
  • Ps 74:20 : 20 O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beestes, & forget not the congregacon of the poore for euer.
  • Gal 5:25 : 25 Yf we lyue in the sprete, let vs walke also in the sprete.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded.
  • Rom 2:19 : 19 thou prouest what is best to do, and presumest to be a leader of the blynde: a lighte of them yt are in darcknes:
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 Of the same are ye also in Christ Iesu, which of God is made vnto vs wyssdome and righteousnes, and sanctifienge and redepcion,
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But now the glory of ye LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face, and we are chaunged into the same ymage, from one clearnes to another, eue as of the sprete of the LORDE.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God that comaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse, hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes, yt by vs ye light of ye knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth, in the face of Iesus Christ.
  • John 1:4-5 : 4 In him was the life, and the life was the light of men: 5 and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light in to the worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not byde in darknesse.
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 And truly God hath ouersene the tyme of ignoraunce: But now he commaundeth all men euery where to repente,
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Honoure ye LORDE youre God herein, or he take his light from you, and or euer youre fete stomble in darknesse at ye hill: lest whe ye loke for the light, he turne it in to ye shadowe and darknesse of death.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people which sat in darknes, sawe a greate lyght, & to them which sat in the region & shadowe of deeth, lyght is begone to shyne.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 That he might geue light vnto them yt syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death, and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I wil bringe the blinde into a strete, that they knowe not: and lede them in to a fotepath, that they are ignoraunt in. I shal make darknesse light before the, & the thinge yt is croked, to be straight. These thinges will I do, & not forget them.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 Let it be but a smal thinge, that thou art my seruaunt, to set vp the kinreddes of Iacob, & to restore the destructio of Israel: yf I make the not also the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 That thou mayest saye to ye presoners: go forth, & to them that are in darknesse: come in to the light, that they maye fede in the hie wayes, & get their lyuynge in all places.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 And therfore get the vp by tymes, for thy light cometh, & the glory of ye LORDE shal ryse vp vpo ye. 2 For lo, while ye darknesse & cloude couereth the earth & the people, the LORDE shal shewe the light, & his glory shal be sene in the. 3 The Gentiles shal come to thy light, & kynges to the brightnes yt springeth forth vpo ye.
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Set youre selues therfore at large.Beare not a straunge yock with the vnbeleuers. For what fellishippe hath righteousnes with vnrighteousnes? What company hath lighte wt darknesse?
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherfore remebre, that ye (which afore tyme were Gentyles after the flesh, and were called vn circumcision, of the that are called circumcision after the flesh, which circumcision is made with the hande) 12 that ye at the same tyme were without Christ, and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel, and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes, therfore had ye no hope, and were without God in this worlde.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God.

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    4 But ye brethren are not in darknes, that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe.

    5 Ye are alltogether children of lighte, and children of the daye. We are not of the night, nether of darknesse.

    6 Therfore let vs not slepe as do other, but let vs watch, and be sober.

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    10 and prone what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE,

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    12 For it is shame euen to name those thinges, which are done of them in secrete.

    13 But all thinges are manifest, whan they are rebuked of the lighte. For what so euer is manifest, that same is lighte.

    14 Therfore sayeth he: Awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp fro the deed, and Christ shal geue the lighte.

    15 Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as ye wyse,

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    17 This I saye therfore, and testifye in the LORDE, that ye walke nomore as ye other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde,

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    35 Take hede therfore, that the light which is in the, be not darcknesse.

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    12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, and sayde: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shal not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

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