Ephesians 5:8
Once you were darkness itself; now, in the Lord, you are light. So conduct your lives as children of light.
Treated in 10 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- All Things for Good ·
Effectual calling cites Ephes. v. 8
…command of the driver. (ii.) We are in a state of darkness. “Ye were sometimes darkness” (Ephes. v. 8). Darkness is very disconsolate. A man in the dark is full of fear, he trembles every…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
January cites Eph. v. 8
…He has.—F. B. Meyer. January 7 Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. Eph. v. 8. The influence we exert in the world is created by our relationship to Jesus Christ; and…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites Ephesians 5:8
…“For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8, ASV). Paul does not merely say believers were in darkness; he says they were darkness.…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
August cites Eph. v. 8
…me.—Mark Guy Pearse. August 3 Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. Eph. v. 8. We do not realize the importance of the unconscious part of our life ministry. It goes…
- Our Daily Walk ·
September cites Eph 5:8
…ye have the light,” (Jn 12:35) so you will know the Light, and become light in the Lord. (Eph 5:8) PRAYER My son, forsake thyself, and thou shalt find Me Lord, how often shall I resign…
- Our Daily Walk ·
December cites Eph 5:8
…were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: Walk as children of Light.”— Eph 5:8. ST. PAUL makes use of this passage in Genesis, when He says, that “God who commanded the…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites Eph. v. 8
…his Son,’ verse 6. So that ‘though we were darkness,’ yet we are now ‘light in the Lord,’ Eph. v. 8. And the apostle says, ‘We all with open face behold the glory of the Lord,’ 2 Cor. iii.…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Sanctification cites Eph 5:8
…fall, there was ignorance in the mind; but in sanctification, we are ‘light in the Lord.’ Eph 5:8. After the fall, the will was depraved; there was not only impotence to good, but…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites Eph. 5:8
…were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light,” (Eph. 5:8). But perhaps they will insist that in this last passage reference is made to that…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ephesians 5:1-21
…purity, wisdom, love, and Spirit-filled conduct. Scriptures to revisit Ephesians 4:1-32; Ephesians 5:1-21; Galatians 5:16-25; 1 John 4:20. Reflection 1. Which relationship is currently the best…