Ephesians 5:8
For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
American Standard 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
7Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
9(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Cross References
Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
Isaiah 42:6I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Isaiah 49:6yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Luke 1:79To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide 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 →