Ephesians 5:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)14 So, it says, “You who are asleep, wake up and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you [i.e., illuminate you].” [Note: The foregoing words may have been an early saying, used at someone’s immersion, which included the ideas of “rising up” (See Col. 2:12) and “illumination” (See Heb. 6:4) ]. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176914 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition14 Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light. [Isa. 26:19; 60:1, 2.] Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)14 Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible14 Everything that is revealed by the light is light. Therefore, it says, “Wake up, sleeper!” “Get up from the dead,” “and Christ will shine on you.” Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version14 Because of this, it is said: "You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you." Ver Capítulo |
For God, who said [Gen. 1:3], “Light will shine out of darkness,” has [also] shone in our hearts to provide [us with] the light of the knowledge of God’s splendor [as it shines] on the face of Christ. [Note: This allusion to “splendor shining on Christ’s face” may be a continuation of the analogy used in 3:13].
And do not offer the parts of your bodies [i.e., hands, eyes, etc. See Matt. 5:29-30] as tools for [accomplishing] evil purposes; but [instead] offer yourselves to God, as [people who are] alive from the dead [i.e., no longer under the power of sin] and the parts of your bodies as tools for [accomplishing] righteous purposes for God.
So, Jesus spoke to them again [i.e., to the Jewish authorities. See 7:45], saying, “I am the light of the world. The person who becomes my follower will never live in [spiritual] darkness, but have the light of [i.e., for his] life [i.e., followers of Jesus will not live in error and sin but in truth and righteousness].”