Ephesians 5:8
For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
7Therefore, do not choose to become participants with them.
9For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth,
Cross References
Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, let us approach and walk in the light of the Lord.
Isaiah 42:6I, the Lord, have called you in justice, and I have taken your hand and preserved you. And I have presented you as a covenant of the people, as a light to the Gentiles,
Isaiah 49:6and so he has said: “It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth.”
Isaiah 60:1Rise up to be illuminated, O Jerusalem! For your light has arrived, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before darkness falls, and before your feet stumble on the darkened mountains. You will expect light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death and into utter darkness.
Luke 1:79to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to direct our feet in 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 →