So Jesus said to them, "Yet a little time the light is with you! Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness does not overtake you! And the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

but all [things] exposed by the light are made visible,

the [one who] alone possesses immortality, who lives [in] unapproachable light, whom no human being has seen nor is able to see, to whom [be] honor and eternal power. Amen.

All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.

Otherwise, why do they do [it], those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?

Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner [person] is being renewed day after day.

And [when I] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep [myself from being a burden].

No one who is being tempted should say, "I am being tempted by God," for God {cannot be tempted} by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

If therefore your whole body [is] full of light, not having any part dark, it will be completely full of light, as when the lamp with [its] light gives light to you."

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light." Jesus said these [things], and [then] he went away [and] was hidden from them.

So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly.

And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their [own] country by another route.

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.

And who among you, [by] being anxious, is able to add one hour to his life span?

And {when he was being accused} by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing.

And all the Judean region and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

And immediately [as he] was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

[that] we, being rescued from the hand of [our] enemies, could serve him without fear

And which of you [by] being anxious is able to add an hour to his life span?

And a dispute also occurred among them as to which of them was recognized as being greatest.

And being in anguish, he began praying more fervently and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.]]

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

And fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were being performed by the apostles.

and placing [them] at the feet of the apostles. And it was being distributed to each as anyone had need.

And even more believers in the Lord were being added, large numbers of both men and women,

And the people of the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed.

And [when he] saw one of them being unjustly harmed, he defended [him] and {avenged} the one who had been oppressed [by] striking down the Egyptian.

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven [and] saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

And as they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?"

Then the church throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being strengthened. And living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it was increasing [in numbers].

And he saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down to the earth by its four corners,

"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision--an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.

but Paul chose Silas [and] departed, [after] being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

And [when they] had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

And they took hold of him [and] brought [him] to the Areopagus, saying, "May we learn what [is] this new teaching being proclaimed by you?

the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

But on the next day, [because he] wanted to know the true [reason] why he was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble, and he brought down Paul [and] had [him] stand before them.

other than concerning this one declaration that I shouted [while] standing there before them: 'I am being judged before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead!'"

to which our twelve tribes hope to attain as [they] earnestly serve [him] night and day. Concerning this hope I am being accused by the Jews, O king!

which I also did in Jerusalem, and not only did I lock up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, but also [when] they were being executed, I cast [my] vote against [them].

But falling into a place of crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck fast [and] stayed immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence.

And [after] this had taken place, the rest of those on the island who had diseases were coming and being healed also.

So being in disagreement with one another, they began to leave [after] Paul made one statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--

being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, [because he] was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

and being fully convinced that what he had promised, he was also able to do.

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor,

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.

And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

because he not only welcomed our request, but being very earnest, by his own choice he went out to you.

being made rich in every [way] for all generosity, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

So then, have I become your enemy [by] being truthful to you?

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us,

and we being dead in trespasses, he made [us] alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;

being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,

For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret,

being subject to one another {out of reverence for} Christ

not {while being watched}, as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,

but emptied himself [by] taking the form of a slave, [by] becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man,

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice with all of you.

according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.

so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

and have put on the new [man] that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,

Slaves, obey your {human} masters in everything, not {while being watched}, as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,

For we hear [that] some among you are living irresponsibly, working [at] nothing, but being busybodies.

being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.

But evil people and imposters will progress to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.

and being perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him,

being designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

sometimes being publicly exposed both to insults and to afflictions, and sometimes becoming sharers with those who were treated in this way.

And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.

Elijah was a human being with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently} for [it] not to rain, and it did not rain on the land [for] three years and six months.

And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

For in the [same] way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves [by] being subject to their own husbands,

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order that he could bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

and not as lording it over {those under your care}, but being examples for the flock.

{Resist him}, steadfast in your faith, [because you] know the same [kinds] of sufferings are being accomplished by your community of believers in the world.

For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ [by] following ingeniously concocted myths, but [by] being eyewitnesses of that one's majesty.

being harmed [as the] wages of unrighteousness. Considering reveling in the daytime a pleasure, [they are] stains and blemishes, carousing in their deceitful pleasures [when they] feast together with you,

by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed [by] being inundated with water.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

But these persons blaspheme all that they do not understand, and all that they understand by instinct like the irrational animals, by these [things] they are being destroyed.