for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人就当像光明的子女。

从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人要像光明的子女—

从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人要像光明的子女—

你们从前活在黑暗中，现在既然活在主的光明中，行事为人就该像光明的儿女。

你们从前是黑暗的，现今在主里却是光明的，行事为人就应当像光明的儿女。

你们从前原是黑暗，但如今在主里就是光；你们要像属于光的儿女行走，

從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裏面是光明的，行事為人就當像光明的子女。

從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裏面是光明的，行事為人要像光明的子女－

從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裏面是光明的，行事為人要像光明的子女－

你們從前活在黑暗中，現在既然活在主的光明中，行事為人就該像光明的兒女。

你們從前是黑暗的，現今在主裡卻是光明的，行事為人就應當像光明的兒女。

因為你們從前是黑暗，如今在主裏乃是光；行事為人總要像光的兒女

你們從前原是黑暗，但如今在主裡就是光；你們要像屬於光的兒女行走，

蓋爾素為暗、今宗主而為光、當如光明之人而行、

爾素昏昏、今宗主而昭昭、宜效昭昭之人、

爾昔為暗、今信主而為光、當如光明之人而行、

蓋爾等本屬昏昏、今則因主而為昭昭矣。故行事當光明正大、庶不愧為光明之子。

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light

At one time you were in the dark. But now you are in the light because of what the Lord has done. Live like children of the light.

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now[ are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light–

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying,“ I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.

being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;

but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness.

in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus proclaimed, and He went away and hid Himself from them.

“ I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations,To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

Give glory to the Lord your God Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the mountains in the dark, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into gloom, And turns it into thick darkness.

And his master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

Come, house of Jacob, and let’s walk in the light of the Lord.

The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light, And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, Upon them a Light dawned.”

“ Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the Lord will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you.Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.

No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor will the moon give you light for brightness; But you will have the Lord as an everlasting light, And your God as your glory.Your sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane; For you will have the Lord as an everlasting light, And the days of your mourning will be over.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For God, who said,“ Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.The one who says that he is in the Light and yet hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling.But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, so that the day would overtake you like a thief;for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;so then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober.For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night.But since we are of the day, let’s be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

I will lead those who are blind by a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them And uneven land into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone.”

He says,“ It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the protected ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

This was the true Light that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind.And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.

and are confident that you yourself are a guide to people who are blind, a light to those in darkness,

To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Saying to those who are bound,‘ Go free,’ To those who are in darkness,‘ Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the roads, And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

But it is due to Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well.

Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the places of violence.

Therefore remember that previously you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called“ Uncircumcision” by the so called“ Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness share together, or what does light have in common with darkness?

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,