Ephesians 5:8

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Ye were once dercknes but are now light in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of light.

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them sayinge: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me shall not walke in darcknes: but shall have the light of lyfe.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes that they myght turne from darcknes vnto lyght and from the power of Satan vnto God that they maye receave forgevenes of synnes and inheritauce amonge the which are sanctified by fayth in me.
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But ye are a chosyn generacion a royall presthod an holy nacio and a peculiar people that ye shuld shewe the vertues of him that called you out of darknes into hys marvelous light 10 which in tyme past were not a people yet are now the people of God: which were not vnder mercye but now have obteyned mercye. 11 Derly beloved I beseche you as straugers and pilgrems abstayne from flesshly lustes which fyght agaynst the soul
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 but and yf we walke in (lyght) even as he is in lyght then have we fellishippe with him and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 in ye which in tyme passed ye walked acordynge to the course of this worlde and after the governer that ruleth in the ayer the sprete yt now worketh in the children of vnbelefe
  • John 12:36 : 36 Whyll ye have light beleve on the light that ye maye be the chyldren of light. These thinges spake Iesus and departed and hyd him silfe fro them.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the LORde comended the vniust stewarde because he had done wysly. For ye chyldren of this worlde are in their kynde wyser then ye chyldren of lyght.
  • Eph 4:18 : 18 blynded in their vnderstondynge beynge straungers from the lyfe which is in god thorow the ignorancy that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hertes:
  • Eph 6:12 : 12 For we wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but agaynst rule agaynst power and agaynst worldy rulars of ye darckenes of this worlde agaynst spretuall wickednes for hevenly thinges.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Which hath delivered vs from the power of dercknes and hath translated vs in to the kyngdome of his dere sone
  • 1 Thess 5:4-8 : 4 But ye brethre are not in darcknes that yt daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe. 5 Ye are all the childre of light and the children of ye daye. We are not of ye nyght nether of darcknes. 6 Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs watch and be sober. 7 For they that slepe slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken are dronken in the nyght. 8 But let vs which are of the daye be sober armed with the brest plate of fayth and love and with hope of salvacio as an helmet.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we oure selves also were in tymes past vnwyse disobedient deceaved in daunger to lustes and to diuers maners of volupteousnes livynge in maliciousnes and envie full of hate hatinge one another.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 The olde comaundement is the worde which ye hearde from the begynnynge. Agayne a newe comaundement I write vnto you a thynge that is true in him and also in you: for the darknes is past and the true lyght now shyneth. 9 He that sayth how that he is in the light and yet hateth his brother is in darknes even vntyll this tyme. 10 He that loveth his brother abydeth in the light and ther is none occasion of evyll in him. 11 He that hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes: and cannot tell whither he goeth because that darknes hath blynded his eyes.
  • Gal 5:25 : 25 Yf we lyve in the sprete let vs walke in the sprete.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded.
  • Rom 2:19 : 19 and belevest that thou thy silfe arte a gyde vnto the blynde a lyght to them which are in darcknes
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 And vnto him partayne ye in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wysdome and also rightewesnes and saunctifyinge and redempcion.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all beholde the glorye of the Lorde with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glory to glory even of the sprite of the Lorde.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For it is God that commauded the light to shyne out of darcknes which hath shyned in oure hertes for to geve the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christ.
  • John 1:4-5 : 4 In it was lyfe and the lyfe was ye lyght of men 5 and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That was a true lyght which lyghteth all men that come into the worlde.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 ye people which sat in darknes sawe greate lyght and to them which sate in the region and shadowe of deeth lyght is begone to shyne.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To geve light to the that sate in darcknes and in shadowe of deth and to gyde oure fete into the waye of peace.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the worlde that whosoever beleveth on me shuld not byde in darcknes.
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 And the tyme of this ignoraunce God regarded not: but now he byddeth all men every where repen
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Set youreselues therfore at large and beare not a straugers yoke wyth the vnbelevers. For what fellishippe hath rightewesnes with vnrightewesnes? What company hath light wt darcknes?
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 and walke in love even as Christ loved vs and gave him silfe for vs an offerynge and a sacrifyce of a swete saver to god.
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherfore remeber yt ye beynge in tyme passed getyls in ye flesshe and were called vncircucision to the which are called circucisio in the flesshe which circucision is made by hondes: 12 Remeber I saye yt ye were at that tyme wt oute Christ and were reputed aliantes from the comen welth of Israel and were straugers fro the testamentes of promes and had no hope and were with out god in this worlde.

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    4 But ye brethre are not in darcknes that yt daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe.

    5 Ye are all the childre of light and the children of ye daye. We are not of ye nyght nether of darcknes.

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

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    7 Be not therfore companions with them.

  • Col 3:7
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    7 In which thynges ye walked once. when ye lived in them.

  • Eph 5:9-17
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    9 For the frute of the sprete is in all goodnes rightewesnes and trueth.

    10 Accept that which is pleasinge to the Lorde:

    11 and have no fellishippe with the vnfrutfull workes of dercknes: but rather rebuke them.

    12 For it is shame even to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete:

    13 but all thinges when they are rebuked of the light are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest that same is light.

    14 Wherfore he sayth: awake thou that slepest and stond vp from deeth and Christ shall geve the light.

    15 Take hede therfore that ye walke circuspectly: not as foles: but as wyse

    16 redemynge the tyme: for ye dayes are evyll.

    17 Wherfore be ye not vnwyse but vnderstonde what the will of the Lorde is

  • John 12:35-36
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    35 Then Iesus sayde vnto them: yet a lytell whyle is the light wt you. Walke whill ye have light lest the darcknes come on you. He that walketh in the darke wotteth not whither he goeth.

    36 Whyll ye have light beleve on the light that ye maye be the chyldren of light. These thinges spake Iesus and departed and hyd him silfe fro them.

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  • 1 John 1:5-7
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    5 And this is the tydynges which we have hearde of him and declare vnto you that god is lyght and in him is no darknes at all

    6 yf we saye that we have fellishippe with him and yet walke in darknes we lye and do not the truth:

    7 but and yf we walke in (lyght) even as he is in lyght then have we fellishippe with him and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne.

  • Eph 2:1-3
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    1 And hath quickened you also that were deed in treaspasse and synne

    2 in ye which in tyme passed ye walked acordynge to the course of this worlde and after the governer that ruleth in the ayer the sprete yt now worketh in the children of vnbelefe

    3 amonge which we also had oure conversacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesshe and fullfilled the will of the flesshe and of the mynde: and were naturally the children of wrath even as wel as other.

  • Eph 4:17-18
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    17 This I saye therfore and testifie in ye LORde that ye hence forth walke not as other gentyls walke in vanitie of their mynde

    18 blynded in their vnderstondynge beynge straungers from the lyfe which is in god thorow the ignorancy that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hertes:

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    15 that ye maye be fautelesse and pure and the sonnes of God with out rebuke in ye middes of a croked and a perverse nacion amonge which se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde

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    12 The nyght is passed and the daye is come nye. Let us therfore cast awaye the dedes of darcknes and let vs put on the (Armoure) of lyght.

    13 Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge and drinkynge: nether in chamburynge and wantannes: nether in stryfe and envyinge:

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    8 The olde comaundement is the worde which ye hearde from the begynnynge. Agayne a newe comaundement I write vnto you a thynge that is true in him and also in you: for the darknes is past and the true lyght now shyneth.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35 Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darknes.

    36 For if all thy body shalbe light havynge noo parte darke: then shall all be full of light even as when a candell doeth light the with his brightnes.

  • Col 2:6
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    6 As ye have therfore receaved Christ Iesu the Lorde even so walke

  • Matt 5:14
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    14 Ye are ye light of the worlde. A cite yt is set on an hill cannot be hid

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    11 And soche ware ye verely: but ye are wesshed: ye are sanctified: ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus and by the sprete of oure God.

  • Col 1:13
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    13 Which hath delivered vs from the power of dercknes and hath translated vs in to the kyngdome of his dere sone

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    6 For it is God that commauded the light to shyne out of darcknes which hath shyned in oure hertes for to geve the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christ.

  • John 8:12
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    12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them sayinge: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me shall not walke in darcknes: but shall have the light of lyfe.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 as obediet chyldre not facioninge youre selves vnto youre olde lustes of ignoracye:

  • John 1:5
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    5 and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7 For we walke in fayth and se not.

  • Col 4:5
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    5 Walke wysely to them that are with out and redeme ye tyme.

  • 1 Thess 2:12
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    12 that ye wolde walke worthy of God which hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glory.

  • 2 Cor 6:14
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    14 Set youreselues therfore at large and beare not a straugers yoke wyth the vnbelevers. For what fellishippe hath rightewesnes with vnrightewesnes? What company hath light wt darcknes?

  • John 3:19
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    19 And this is the condempnacion: that light is come into the worlde and the me loved darcknes more then light because their dedes were evill.

  • Eph 2:12
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    12 Remeber I saye yt ye were at that tyme wt oute Christ and were reputed aliantes from the comen welth of Israel and were straugers fro the testamentes of promes and had no hope and were with out god in this worlde.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16 Let youre light so shyne before men yt they maye se youre good workes and glorify youre father which is in heven.

  • John 11:10
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    10 But yf a ma walke in ye nyght he stombleth because ther is no lyght in him.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26 For ye are all the sonnes of God by ye fayth which is in Christ Iesus.

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    20 But ye have not so learned Christ

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