Ephesians 5:8 · KJV
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
— Ephesians 5:8
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
(For the fruit of the Spirit {is} in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Ephesians 5 — Context
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. {disobedience: or, unbelief}
7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9(For the fruit of the Spirit {is} in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Cross References
John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Acts 26:18
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.
Colossians 1:13
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated {us} into the kingdom of his dear Son: {his...: Gr. the Son of his love}
1 Peter 2:9-11
But ye {are} a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: {peculiar: or, purchased} {praises: or, virtues}
Isaiah 42:6-7
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Ephesians 4:18
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: {blindness: or, hardness}