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1 Peter 2 9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (niv)
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Ephesians 1:18
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, (niv)
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Acts 20:32
“ Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (niv)
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Isaiah 42:7
to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. (niv)
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Colossians 1:12-14
and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (niv)
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Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 6
For God, who said,“ Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. (niv)
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Luke 1:79
to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” (niv)
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Isaiah 35:5
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. (niv)
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Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. (niv)
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John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said,“ I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (niv)
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Acts 2:38
Peter replied,“ Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 6 14
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 5 4-1 Thessalonians 5 8
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. (niv)
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Acts 20:21
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. (niv)
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Luke 24:47
and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (niv)
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1John 3:8
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1John 1:9
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1 John 2 8-1 John 2 9
Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. (niv)
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1 Peter 2 25
For“ you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (niv)
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Acts 5:31
God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. (niv)
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Revelation 21:27
Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. (niv)
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Acts 15:9
He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. (niv)
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1John 5:19
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1 Peter 1 4
and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, (niv)
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Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (niv)
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Luke 1:77
to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, (niv)
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1 John 2 12
I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. (niv)
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John 1:4-9
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.There was a man sent from God whose name was John.He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. (niv)
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Isaiah 60:1-3
“ Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 6 10-1 Corinthians 6 11
nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (niv)
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Isaiah 29:18
In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see. (niv)
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Revelation 20:2-3
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. (niv)
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Isaiah 43:8
Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf. (niv)
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Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: (niv)
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John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. (niv)
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Psalms 119:18
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. (niv)
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2 Timothy 2 26
and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. (niv)
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Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. (niv)
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Hebrews 10:14
For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. (niv)
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Matthew 4:16
the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” (niv)
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Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. (niv)
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Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. (niv)
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James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? (niv)
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John 3:19
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. (niv)
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Galatians 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. (niv)
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Hebrews 2:14-15
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death— that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. (niv)
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John 9:5
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (niv)
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Acts 13:47
For this is what the Lord has commanded us:“‘ I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” (niv)
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Isaiah 49:6
he says:“ It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” (niv)
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Ephesians 1:11
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, (niv)
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Psalms 146:8
the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. (niv)
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Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well- fed calves. (niv)
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Luke 2:32
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.” (niv)
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Matthew 6:22-23
“ The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! (niv)
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John 12:35-36
Then Jesus told them,“ You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them. (niv)
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Luke 11:21-22
“ When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder. (niv)
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Romans 5:1-2
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 1 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. (niv)
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Luke 4:18
“ The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, (niv)
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Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (niv)
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Hebrews 9:15
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance— now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. (niv)
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John 9:39
Jesus said,“ For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” (niv)
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Romans 4:6-9
David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:“ Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. (niv)
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Titus 3:5-6
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, (niv)
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Ephesians 5:14
This is why it is said:“ Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (niv)
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Isaiah 32:3
Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. (niv)
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Hebrews 10:10
And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (niv)
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Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace (niv)
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John 4:10
Jesus answered her,“ If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” (niv)
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Acts 10:43
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” (niv)
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Romans 8:17
Now if we are children, then we are heirs— heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. (niv)
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Psalms 32:1-2
Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit. (niv)
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Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (niv)
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Isaiah 49:24-25
Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives be rescued from the fierce?But this is what the Lord says:“ Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save. (niv)
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Isaiah 53:8-12
By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished.He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (niv)
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John 7:38-39
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. (niv)
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Acts 26:23
that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.” (niv)
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Acts 13:38-39
“ Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. (niv)
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John 4:14
but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (niv)
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Ephesians 1:14
who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession— to the praise of his glory. (niv)
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Acts 9:17-18
Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said,“ Brother Saul, the Lord— Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here— has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, (niv)
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1 Corinthians 1 2
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ— their Lord and ours: (niv)
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Galatians 3:2
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? (niv)
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Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, (niv)