Ephesians 5:8 For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

5:8 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified Bible - For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
新标点和合本 - 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。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 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—
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 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—
当代译本 - 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。
圣经新译本 - 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。
中文标准译本 - 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，
现代标点和合本 - 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——
和合本（拼音版） - 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。
New International Version - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
New International Reader's Version - 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.
English Standard Version - for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
New Living Translation - For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
The Message - You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.
Christian Standard Bible - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light —
New American Standard Bible - for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
New King James Version - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
American Standard Version - For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
King James Version - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
New English Translation - for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –
World English Bible - For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
新標點和合本 - 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。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 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－
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 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—
當代譯本 - 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。
聖經新譯本 - 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。
呂振中譯本 - 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
中文標準譯本 - 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，
現代標點和合本 - 從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裡面是光明的，行事為人就當像光明的子女——
文理和合譯本 - 蓋爾素為暗、今宗主而為光、當如光明之人而行、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾素昏昏、今宗主而昭昭、宜效昭昭之人、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾昔為暗、今信主而為光、當如光明之人而行、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 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。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque ustedes antes eran oscuridad, pero ahora son luz en el Señor. Vivan como hijos de luz
현대인의 성경 - 여러분이 전에는 어두움 속에 살았으나 이제는 주님을 믿고 빛 가운데 살고 있으니 빛의 자녀답게 살아야 합니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, когда вы в Господе, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
Восточный перевод - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Autrefois, certes, vous apparteniez aux ténèbres, mais à présent, par votre union avec le Seigneur, vous appartenez à la lumière. Comportez-vous donc comme des enfants de la lumière –
リビングバイブル - あなたがたの心は以前は暗闇におおわれていましたが、今は主にあって光にあふれています。そのことを態度で示しなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ; ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
Nova Versão Internacional - Porque outrora vocês eram trevas, mas agora são luz no Senhor. Vivam como filhos da luz,
Hoffnung für alle - Früher habt auch ihr in Dunkelheit gelebt; aber heute ist das anders: Weil ihr mit dem Herrn verbunden seid, seid ihr im Licht. Darum lebt nun auch wie Menschen, die zum Licht gehören!
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Ephesians 2:11 - Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, who are called “Uncircumcision” by those who called themselves “Circumcision,” [itself a mere mark] which is made in the flesh by human hands—
Ephesians 2:12 - remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God.
Acts 17:30 - Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
2 Corinthians 6:14 - Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Ephesians 5:2 - and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.
Galatians 5:25 - If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit].
Psalms 74:20 - Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham], For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
2 Corinthians 3:18 - And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 1:30 - But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin],
Romans 2:19 - and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,
Isaiah 49:6 - He says, “It is too trivial a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will also make You a light to the nations That My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Luke 1:79 - To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
John 1:4 - In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.
John 1:5 - The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].
Romans 1:21 - For even though they knew God [as the Creator], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.
Isaiah 49:9 - Saying to those who are bound and captured, ‘Go forth,’ And to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, ‘Show yourselves [come into the light of the Savior].’ They will feed along the roads [on which they travel], And their pastures will be on all the bare heights.
John 1:9 - There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.
Isaiah 42:16 - I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”
1 John 2:8 - On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true and realized in Christ and in you, because the darkness [of moral blindness] is clearing away and the true Light [the revelation of God in Christ] is already shining.
1 John 2:9 - The one who says he is in the Light [in consistent fellowship with Christ] and yet habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in the darkness until now.
1 John 2:10 - The one who loves and unselfishly seeks the best for his [believing] brother lives in the Light, and in him there is no occasion for stumbling or offense [he does not hurt the cause of Christ or lead others to sin].
1 John 2:11 - But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Isaiah 60:1 - “Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the Lord]; for your light has come, And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
Isaiah 60:2 - For in fact, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness will cover the peoples; But the Lord will rise upon you [Jerusalem] And His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.
Isaiah 60:3 - Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 2:5 - O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Isaiah 60:19 - The sun will no longer be your light by day, Nor shall the bright glow of the moon give light to you, But the Lord will be an everlasting light for you; And your God will be your glory and splendor.
Isaiah 60:20 - Your sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane; For the Lord will be your everlasting light, And the days of your mourning will be over.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - But you, believers, [all you who believe in Christ as Savior and acknowledge Him as God’s Son] are not in spiritual darkness [nor held by its power], that the day [of judgment] would overtake you [by surprise] like a thief;
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 - So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
1 Thessalonians 5:7 - For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 - But since we [believers] belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope and confident assurance of salvation.
Ephesians 6:12 - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places.
Titus 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
2 Corinthians 4:6 - For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.
Isaiah 9:2 - The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness Will see a great Light; Those who live in the dark land, The Light will shine on them.
Matthew 4:16 - The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light, And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death, Upon them a Light has dawned.”
Jeremiah 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dark and shadowy mountains, And while you are longing for light He turns it into the shadow of death, And makes it into thick darkness.
Isaiah 42:6 - “I am the Lord, I have called You (the Messiah) in righteousness [for a righteous purpose], I will also take You by the hand and keep watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people [Israel], As a light to the nations (Gentiles),
Isaiah 42:7 - To open the eyes of the blind, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who sit in darkness from the prison.
John 12:36 - While you have the Light, believe and trust in the Light [have faith in it, hold on to it, rely on it], so that you may become sons of Light [being filled with Light as followers of God].” Jesus said these things, and then He left and hid Himself from them.
Luke 16:8 - And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].
Ephesians 2:2 - in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
John 12:46 - I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me [as Savior—all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message] will not continue to live in darkness.
Colossians 1:13 - For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
1 John 1:7 - but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].
Ephesians 4:18 - for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:10 - Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:11 - Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
Acts 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’
John 8:12 - Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “ I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
新标点和合本 - 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。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 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—
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 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—
当代译本 - 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。
圣经新译本 - 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。
中文标准译本 - 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，
现代标点和合本 - 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——
和合本（拼音版） - 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。
New International Version - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
New International Reader's Version - 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.
English Standard Version - for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
New Living Translation - For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
The Message - You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.
Christian Standard Bible - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light —
New American Standard Bible - for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
New King James Version - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
American Standard Version - For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
King James Version - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
New English Translation - for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –
World English Bible - For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
新標點和合本 - 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。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 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－
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 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—
當代譯本 - 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。
聖經新譯本 - 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。
呂振中譯本 - 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
中文標準譯本 - 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，
現代標點和合本 - 從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裡面是光明的，行事為人就當像光明的子女——
文理和合譯本 - 蓋爾素為暗、今宗主而為光、當如光明之人而行、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾素昏昏、今宗主而昭昭、宜效昭昭之人、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾昔為暗、今信主而為光、當如光明之人而行、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 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。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque ustedes antes eran oscuridad, pero ahora son luz en el Señor. Vivan como hijos de luz
현대인의 성경 - 여러분이 전에는 어두움 속에 살았으나 이제는 주님을 믿고 빛 가운데 살고 있으니 빛의 자녀답게 살아야 합니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, когда вы в Господе, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
Восточный перевод - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Autrefois, certes, vous apparteniez aux ténèbres, mais à présent, par votre union avec le Seigneur, vous appartenez à la lumière. Comportez-vous donc comme des enfants de la lumière –
リビングバイブル - あなたがたの心は以前は暗闇におおわれていましたが、今は主にあって光にあふれています。そのことを態度で示しなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ; ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
Nova Versão Internacional - Porque outrora vocês eram trevas, mas agora são luz no Senhor. Vivam como filhos da luz,
Hoffnung für alle - Früher habt auch ihr in Dunkelheit gelebt; aber heute ist das anders: Weil ihr mit dem Herrn verbunden seid, seid ihr im Licht. Darum lebt nun auch wie Menschen, die zum Licht gehören!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trước kia lòng anh chị em tối tăm, nhưng ngày nay đã được Chúa soi sáng, vậy phải sống như người thuộc về ánh sáng.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะเมื่อก่อนท่านเป็นความมืด แต่เดี๋ยวนี้ท่านเป็นความสว่างในองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า จงดำเนินชีวิตอย่างลูกของความสว่าง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ด้วยว่าแต่ก่อนท่านเคยอยู่ในความมืด แต่เดี๋ยวนี้ท่านอยู่ในความสว่างในพระผู้เป็นเจ้า จงดำเนินชีวิตเหมือนบรรดาบุตรแห่งความสว่างเถิด

Ephesians 2:11 - Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, who are called “Uncircumcision” by those who called themselves “Circumcision,” [itself a mere mark] which is made in the flesh by human hands—
Ephesians 2:12 - remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God.
Acts 17:30 - Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
2 Corinthians 6:14 - Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Ephesians 5:2 - and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.
Galatians 5:25 - If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit].
Psalms 74:20 - Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham], For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
2 Corinthians 3:18 - And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 1:30 - But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin],
Romans 2:19 - and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,
Isaiah 49:6 - He says, “It is too trivial a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will also make You a light to the nations That My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Luke 1:79 - To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
John 1:4 - In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.
John 1:5 - The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].
Romans 1:21 - For even though they knew God [as the Creator], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.
Isaiah 49:9 - Saying to those who are bound and captured, ‘Go forth,’ And to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, ‘Show yourselves [come into the light of the Savior].’ They will feed along the roads [on which they travel], And their pastures will be on all the bare heights.
John 1:9 - There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.
Isaiah 42:16 - I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”
1 John 2:8 - On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true and realized in Christ and in you, because the darkness [of moral blindness] is clearing away and the true Light [the revelation of God in Christ] is already shining.
1 John 2:9 - The one who says he is in the Light [in consistent fellowship with Christ] and yet habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in the darkness until now.
1 John 2:10 - The one who loves and unselfishly seeks the best for his [believing] brother lives in the Light, and in him there is no occasion for stumbling or offense [he does not hurt the cause of Christ or lead others to sin].
1 John 2:11 - But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Isaiah 60:1 - “Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the Lord]; for your light has come, And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
Isaiah 60:2 - For in fact, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness will cover the peoples; But the Lord will rise upon you [Jerusalem] And His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.
Isaiah 60:3 - Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 2:5 - O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Isaiah 60:19 - The sun will no longer be your light by day, Nor shall the bright glow of the moon give light to you, But the Lord will be an everlasting light for you; And your God will be your glory and splendor.
Isaiah 60:20 - Your sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane; For the Lord will be your everlasting light, And the days of your mourning will be over.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - But you, believers, [all you who believe in Christ as Savior and acknowledge Him as God’s Son] are not in spiritual darkness [nor held by its power], that the day [of judgment] would overtake you [by surprise] like a thief;
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 - So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
1 Thessalonians 5:7 - For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 - But since we [believers] belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope and confident assurance of salvation.
Ephesians 6:12 - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places.
Titus 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
2 Corinthians 4:6 - For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.
Isaiah 9:2 - The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness Will see a great Light; Those who live in the dark land, The Light will shine on them.
Matthew 4:16 - The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light, And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death, Upon them a Light has dawned.”
Jeremiah 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dark and shadowy mountains, And while you are longing for light He turns it into the shadow of death, And makes it into thick darkness.
Isaiah 42:6 - “I am the Lord, I have called You (the Messiah) in righteousness [for a righteous purpose], I will also take You by the hand and keep watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people [Israel], As a light to the nations (Gentiles),
Isaiah 42:7 - To open the eyes of the blind, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who sit in darkness from the prison.
John 12:36 - While you have the Light, believe and trust in the Light [have faith in it, hold on to it, rely on it], so that you may become sons of Light [being filled with Light as followers of God].” Jesus said these things, and then He left and hid Himself from them.
Luke 16:8 - And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].
Ephesians 2:2 - in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
John 12:46 - I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me [as Savior—all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message] will not continue to live in darkness.
Colossians 1:13 - For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
1 John 1:7 - but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].
Ephesians 4:18 - for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:10 - Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:11 - Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
Acts 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’
John 8:12 - Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “ I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”