⁸ For you were once^(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light^(B)

¹⁸ to open their eyes^(A) and turn them from darkness to light,^(B) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins^(C) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’^(D)

⁴ But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness^(A) so that this day should surprise you like a thief.^(B)

⁵ You are all children of the light^(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.