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.

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Inheritance

1 Peter 1:4

Sanctified

Faith

General references

Bible References

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So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!

The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly.

At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

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that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

he says, "Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth."

"Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned."

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

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

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel."

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

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

He was led away after an unjust trial -- but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

He seized the dragon -- the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan -- and tied him up for a thousand years.

Inheritance

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

Sanctified

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Faith

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

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

let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'"

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

General references

You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception.

The ear that hears and the eye that sees -- the Lord has made them both.

Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

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

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

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

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