Ephesians 5:8

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Summary

Ephesians 5:8

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Ye were

General references

1 Thessalonians 5:5

Bible References

Ye were

So remember that you were once physically heathen, and called uncircumcised by those who called themselves circumcised, though only physically, by human hands.

They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,

For we have to struggle, not with enemies of flesh and blood, but with the hierarchies, the authorities, the master-spirits of this dark world, the spirit-forces of evil on high.

The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"

To shine on men who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."

While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

for, though they knew God, they have not honored him as God or given thanks to him, but they have indulged in futile speculations, until their stupid minds have become dark.

and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark,

Do not get into close and incongruous relations with unbelievers. What partnership can uprightness have with iniquity, or what can light have to do with darkness?

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the realm of his dear Son,

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, his own people, so that you may declare the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

Yet it is a new command that I am writing you; it is newly realized in him and in yourselves, for the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

General references

You all belong to the light and the day. We have nothing to do with night or with darkness.