Parallel Verses
- New American Standard Bible - for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
- 新标点和合本 - 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。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 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—
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 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—
- 当代译本 - 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。
- 圣经新译本 - 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。
- 中文标准译本 - 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，
- 现代标点和合本 - 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——
- 和合本（拼音版） - 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。
- New International Version - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
- New International Reader's Version - 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.
- English Standard Version - for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
- New Living Translation - For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
- The Message - You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.
- Christian Standard Bible - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light —
- New King James Version - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
- Amplified Bible - For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
- American Standard Version - For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
- King James Version - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- New English Translation - for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –
- World English Bible - For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- 新標點和合本 - 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。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 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－
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 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—
- 當代譯本 - 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。
- 聖經新譯本 - 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。
- 呂振中譯本 - 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
- 中文標準譯本 - 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，
- 現代標點和合本 - 從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裡面是光明的，行事為人就當像光明的子女——
- 文理和合譯本 - 蓋爾素為暗、今宗主而為光、當如光明之人而行、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 爾素昏昏、今宗主而昭昭、宜效昭昭之人、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾昔為暗、今信主而為光、當如光明之人而行、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 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。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque ustedes antes eran oscuridad, pero ahora son luz en el Señor. Vivan como hijos de luz
- 현대인의 성경 - 여러분이 전에는 어두움 속에 살았으나 이제는 주님을 믿고 빛 가운데 살고 있으니 빛의 자녀답게 살아야 합니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, когда вы в Господе, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
- Восточный перевод - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда-то вы были тьмой, но сейчас, в единении с Повелителем, вы стали светом. Живите как дети света.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Autrefois, certes, vous apparteniez aux ténèbres, mais à présent, par votre union avec le Seigneur, vous appartenez à la lumière. Comportez-vous donc comme des enfants de la lumière –
- リビングバイブル - あなたがたの心は以前は暗闇におおわれていましたが、今は主にあって光にあふれています。そのことを態度で示しなさい。
- Nestle Aland 28 - ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ; ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
- Nova Versão Internacional - Porque outrora vocês eram trevas, mas agora são luz no Senhor. Vivam como filhos da luz,
- Hoffnung für alle - Früher habt auch ihr in Dunkelheit gelebt; aber heute ist das anders: Weil ihr mit dem Herrn verbunden seid, seid ihr im Licht. Darum lebt nun auch wie Menschen, die zum Licht gehören!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trước kia lòng anh chị em tối tăm, nhưng ngày nay đã được Chúa soi sáng, vậy phải sống như người thuộc về ánh sáng.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะเมื่อก่อนท่านเป็นความมืด แต่เดี๋ยวนี้ท่านเป็นความสว่างในองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า จงดำเนินชีวิตอย่างลูกของความสว่าง
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ด้วยว่าแต่ก่อนท่านเคยอยู่ในความมืด แต่เดี๋ยวนี้ท่านอยู่ในความสว่างในพระผู้เป็นเจ้า จงดำเนินชีวิตเหมือนบรรดาบุตรแห่งความสว่างเถิด
Cross Reference
- Ephesians 2:11 - 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—
- Ephesians 2:12 - 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.
- Acts 17:30 - So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,
- 2 Corinthians 6:14 - Do not be mismatched with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness share together, or what does light have in common with darkness?
- Ephesians 5:2 - 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.
- Galatians 5:25 - If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well.
- Psalms 74:20 - Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the places of violence.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 - 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.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 - 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,
- Romans 2:19 - and are confident that you yourself are a guide to people who are blind, a light to those in darkness,
- Isaiah 49:6 - 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.”
- Luke 1:79 - To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
- John 1:4 - In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind.
- John 1:5 - And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.
- Romans 1:21 - 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.
- Isaiah 49:9 - 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.
- John 1:9 - This was the true Light that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.
- Isaiah 42:16 - 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.”
- 1 John 2:8 - 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.
- 1 John 2:9 - The one who says that he is in the Light and yet hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
- 1 John 2:10 - The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling.
- 1 John 2:11 - 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.
- Isaiah 60:1 - “Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
- Isaiah 60:2 - 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.
- Isaiah 60:3 - Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
- Isaiah 2:5 - Come, house of Jacob, and let’s walk in the light of the Lord.
- Isaiah 60:19 - 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.
- Isaiah 60:20 - 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:4 - But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, so that the day would overtake you like a thief;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 - for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 - so then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7 - For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 - 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.
- Ephesians 6:12 - 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.
- Titus 3:3 - 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.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 - 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.
- Isaiah 9:2 - The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.
- Matthew 4:16 - 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.”
- Jeremiah 13:16 - 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.
- Isaiah 42:6 - “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,
- Isaiah 42:7 - To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.
- John 12:36 - 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.
- Luke 16:8 - 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.
- Ephesians 2:2 - 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.
- John 12:46 - I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness.
- Colossians 1:13 - For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
- 1 John 1:7 - 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.
- Ephesians 4:18 - 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;
- 1 Peter 2:9 - 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;
- 1 Peter 2:10 - 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.
- 1 Peter 2:11 - Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
- Acts 26:18 - 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.’
- John 8:12 - 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.”