Acts 26:18

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Acts 26:18

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Summary

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Open

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Inheritance

1 Peter 1:4

Sanctified

Faith

General references

Bible References

Open

And so Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, has sent me that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to the prisoners, And recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those that are bruised,

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

"For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."

Among them the god of this age has blinded the understanding of the unbelieving so that the sunshine of the gospel of God, should not dawn upon them.

and that the eyes of your heart may be flooded with light so that you may understand what is the hope of his calling, what the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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"how that the Christ must suffer, and how he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should bring a message of light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."

"For such is God's command to us, saying, "I have set thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth."

The people who were dwelling in darkness Have seen a great light; And on those who were dwelling in the land of the shadows of death Light has dawned.

"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be well lighted;

"To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, And to guide our feet into the paths of peace."

"A light for the unveiling of the Gentiles And the glory of thy people Israel."

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the light of the world," he said; "He who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the Light of life."

"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

"The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? what communion has light with darkness?

and that the eyes of your heart may be flooded with light so that you may understand what is the hope of his calling, what the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

For you were once darkness, but are now in the Lord.

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that "the Day" should come upon you like a bandit.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light??10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.

Yet again it is a new commandment which I am writing to you, which is true in him and is you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

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"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;

For he has delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of his dear Son,

and they may come to their senses again, and escape the snare of the devil, as they are restored to life by God to do his will.

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

He who is committing sin is of the devil, because from the beginning of the devil is sinning. It was for this cause that the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the Evil One.

He gripped the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

Inheritance

"And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace. He is able to build you up, and to give you your inheritance among all those who are consecrated.

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

It is he in whom we Jews also have our inheritance, having been chosen beforehand according to the purpose of Him who executes all things according to the counsel of his will,

I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.

And because of this he is the Mediator of a new testament, in order that, since a death has taken place to atone for offenses committed under the first testament, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

and into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and fadeless, which has been kept in heaven for you

Sanctified

"And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace. He is able to build you up, and to give you your inheritance among all those who are consecrated.

Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth.

to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

Such were some of you, but you have washed away your stains, you have been consecrated, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

He saved us, not because of any deeds that we had done in righteousness, But because of his own pity for us. He saved us by that washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit

And it is by this will that we have been sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James. To those who are in God, the Father beloved, kept for Jesus Christ, and called.

There will not enter it anything profane, Nor any who work abominations and a lie; But only those who are written In the Lamb's Book of Life.

Faith

"and he made no distinction between us and them, in cleansing their hearts by faith.

"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."

"If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. From the heart of him who believes in me will flow, as the Scripture said, rivers of living water."

Since we stand justified as the result of faith, let us continue to enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who am living, but it is Christ who is living in me; and the life I am now living in the flesh, I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift.

now without faith it is impossible to please him; for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he ever rewards those who are seeking.

General references

"But happy are your eyes, because they see, and your ears because they hear.

I am not come to call the righteous but sinners, to repentance."

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

For you are all sons of light, and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness.