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

从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人就当像光明的子女。

从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人要像光明的子女—

从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人要像光明的子女—

你们从前活在黑暗中，现在既然活在主的光明中，行事为人就该像光明的儿女。

你们从前是黑暗的，现今在主里却是光明的，行事为人就应当像光明的儿女。

你们从前原是黑暗，但如今在主里就是光；你们要像属于光的儿女行走，

從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裏面是光明的，行事為人就當像光明的子女。

從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裏面是光明的，行事為人要像光明的子女－

從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裏面是光明的，行事為人要像光明的子女－

你們從前活在黑暗中，現在既然活在主的光明中，行事為人就該像光明的兒女。

你們從前是黑暗的，現今在主裡卻是光明的，行事為人就應當像光明的兒女。

因為你們從前是黑暗，如今在主裏乃是光；行事為人總要像光的兒女

你們從前原是黑暗，但如今在主裡就是光；你們要像屬於光的兒女行走，

蓋爾素為暗、今宗主而為光、當如光明之人而行、

爾素昏昏、今宗主而昭昭、宜效昭昭之人、

爾昔為暗、今信主而為光、當如光明之人而行、

蓋爾等本屬昏昏、今則因主而為昭昭矣。故行事當光明正大、庶不愧為光明之子。

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

At one time you were in the dark. But now you are in the light because of what the Lord has done. Live like children of the light.

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!

for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

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

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

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

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

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light–

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

Jesus spoke to them again:“ I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”

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.’

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.

They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.

If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.

I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me would not remain in darkness.

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

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

“ I am the LORD. I have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.

Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but he brings darkest gloom and makes total darkness.

“ The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.

House of Jacob, come and let’s walk in the LORD’s light.

The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD shines over you.For look, darkness will cover the earth, and total darkness the peoples; but the LORD will shine over you, and his glory will appear over you.Nations will come to your light, and kings to your shining brightness.

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawned on those living in the land of darkness.

The sun will no longer be your light by day, and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you. The LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not fade; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will be over.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.

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 in the face of Jesus Christ.

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.The one who loves his brother or sister remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark, for this day to surprise you like a thief.For you are all children of light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay awake and be self-controlled.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 self-controlled and put on the armor of faith and love, and a helmet of the hope of salvation.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not abandon them.

he says,“ It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

In him was life, and that life was the light of men.That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.

and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

saying to the prisoners,“ Come out,” and to those who are in darkness,“ Show yourselves.” They will feed along the pathways, and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.

For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.

It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us— our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption—

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

So, then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh— called“ the uncircumcised” by those called“ the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Do not be yoked together with those who do not believe. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

“ Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,