Ephesians 5:8
for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,
Young's Literal Translation
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
7become not, then, partakers with them,
9for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
Cross References
Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'
Isaiah 42:6I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
Isaiah 49:6And He saith, 'It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
Isaiah 60:1Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed [it] for thick darkness.
Luke 1:79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to 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 →