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

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“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”

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“for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light”

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“for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 5:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
  2. Isaiah 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
  3. Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
  4. Isaiah 42:6“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
  5. Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
  6. Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
  7. Isaiah 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
  8. Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  9. Isaiah 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
  10. Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
  11. Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
  12. Luke 1:79to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
  13. Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
  14. John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
  15. John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
  16. John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  17. John 12:36While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
  18. John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
  19. Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
  20. Acts 26:18to 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 an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  21. Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
  22. Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
  23. 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  24. 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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