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

Leviticus 11:16

Song of Songs 2:11

1 Thessalonians 5:5

Bible References

Ye were

So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.

They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

Consider the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light;
a light has dawned
on those living in the land of darkness.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;
I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them
and rough places into level ground.
This is what I will do for them,
and I will not forsake them.

For look, darkness covers the earth,
and total darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will shine over you,
and His glory will appear over you.

Give glory to the Lord your God
before He brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the mountains at dusk.
You wait for light,
but He brings darkest gloom
and makes thick darkness.

The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.

to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

But you are a chosen race,

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation,

a people for His possession,

so that you may proclaim the praises

of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

General references

the ostrich,
the short-eared owl, the gull,
any kind of hawk,

For now the winter is past;
the rain has ended and gone away.

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.