Ephesians 5:8
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
In Context
9(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
Cross References
Isaiah 2:5O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
Isaiah 42:6I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:
Isaiah 49:6It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
Isaiah 60:1Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
Luke 1:79To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:4-21
Preservatives from Impurity; Cautions and Admonitions. ( a. d. 61.) 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things… Read the whole commentary →