Ephesians 5:8
For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
7Be ye not therefore partakers with them.
9For the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and justice, and truth;
Cross References
Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Isaiah 42:6I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
Isaiah 49:6And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.
Isaiah 60:1Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.
Luke 1:79To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet 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 →