15 Bible Verses about Being A Light
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even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father who is in heaven.
Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become insipid, how shall it recover its savour? it is no longer fit for any thing, but to be cast out and trod under foot. ye are the light of the world. a city that is situated on an hill, cannot be hid; and when men light a lamp, they do not put it under a bushel: but on the stand, to give light to all the family.read more.
even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father who is in heaven.
Jesus then having reassumed his discourse, said to them, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
ye are the light of the world. a city that is situated on an hill, cannot be hid; and when men light a lamp, they do not put it under a bushel: but on the stand, to give light to all the family. even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father who is in heaven.
for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.
Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. the night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore throw off the habits of darkness, and be invested with the ornaments of light. let us behave with decency as in open view; not with rioting and drunkenness, not with lewdness and brutality, not with strife and envy.read more.
but imitate the Lord Jesus Christ, and by no means indulge any sensual desires.
don't you therefore be concern'd with them. you were heretofore altogether in the dark, but now being enlightned by the Lord, behave as children of light: for the natural effect of light, is universal benevolence, justice, and truth:read more.
consider what is acceptable to the Lord; and be not accomplices in the fruitless practices of vice; on the contrary, condemn them. for it is a shame even to mention what they practise in secret. but whatever is unjustifiable will be brought to light: and that will show them to be unjustifiable. wherefore 'tis said, " awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."
For this cause, ever since we heard of it, we incessantly pray for you, requesting that you may be endued with respect to the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual discernment: that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge: being fortified in so effectual a manner, as to sustain your trials with constancy and joy:read more.
giving thanks to the father, who has qualified you to share in that light he affords to his people: who has deliver'd you from the state of darkness, and has translated you into the kingdom of his beloved son. It is by him, that we have obtain'd the redemption, even the remission of our sins:
but if our gospel be obscure, it is so only to those who are lost: to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them. for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake.read more.
for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.
It is not necessary, my brethren, to specify the exact time: for you very well know, that the day of the Lord steals on like a thief in the night. whilst they flatter themselves with peace and safety, destruction shall fall upon them, like the pangs of a woman in travail, and they shall not escape.read more.
but you, my brethren, are too well inform'd to be surpriz'd by that day, as by a thief. you inherit the advantages of meridian light: we are not involv'd in the obscurity of night. therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate. they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night: but let us, who enjoy the light, be temperate; let us be arm'd with the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for an helmet, with the hope of salvation. for God did not design to make us the objects of his displeasure, but to effect our felicity by the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we happen to be alive or dead, we may be secure of living with him. wherefore comfort and edify one another, as you have hitherto done.
Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become insipid, how shall it recover its savour? it is no longer fit for any thing, but to be cast out and trod under foot.
Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes.
for thus has the Lord commanded us, "I have appointed you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the remotest parts of the earth."
