Ephesians 5:8
For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord,—as children of light, be walking,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
7Do not, then, become co-partners with them;
9For, 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 Yahweh.
Isaiah 42:6I—Yahweh, have called thee in righteousness, And will firmly grasp thy hand,—And will keep thee And give thee—As the covenant of a people, As the light of nations:
Isaiah 49:6Yea he said—It is too small a thing, for being my Servant, That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel, shouldst restore,—So I will give thee to become a light of nations, That, my salvation, may reach as far as the end of the earth.
Isaiah 60:1Arise—shine, For thy light, hath come,—And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed;
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye to Yahweh your God—glory, Before he cause darkness, and Before your feet stumble upon the twilight mountains; Lest, when ye wait for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, And change it for thick darkness.
Luke 1:79To shine on them who, in the darkness and shade of death, are sitting, to guide our feet into a 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 →