Ephesians 5:8-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light(A) in the Lord. Walk as children of light(B)— 9 for the fruit of the light[a] results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth(C)— 10 discerning(D) what is pleasing(E) to the Lord. 11 Don’t participate in the fruitless(F) works of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret. 13 Everything exposed by the light is made clear,(G) 14 for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:
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- Ephesians 5:9 Other mss read fruit of the Spirit
- Ephesians 5:14 This poem may have been an early Christian hymn based on several passages in Isaiah; Is 9:2; 26:19; 40:1; 51:17; 52:1; 60:1.
Ephesians 5:8-14
New International Version
8 For you were once(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(B) 9 (for the fruit(C) of the light consists in all goodness,(D) righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.(E) 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(F) but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light(G) becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. 14 This is why it is said:
Colossians 1:12-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you[a] to share in the saints’[b] inheritance in the light.(A) 13 He has rescued(B) us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom(C) of the Son(D) He loves.(E) 14 We have redemption,[c] the forgiveness of sins, in Him.
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- Colossians 1:12 Other mss read us
- Colossians 1:12 Or holy ones’
- Colossians 1:14 Other mss add through His blood
Colossians 1:12-14
New International Version
12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,(A) who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance(B) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.(C) 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(D) and brought us into the kingdom(E) of the Son he loves,(F) 14 in whom we have redemption,(G) the forgiveness of sins.(H)
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- Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
Philippians 2:15
New International Version
15 so that you may become blameless(A) and pure, “children of God(B) without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a](C) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
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- Philippians 2:15 Deut. 32:5
1 Thessalonians 5:5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
New International Version
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.
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