1 Thessalonians 5:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

Cross References

Leviticus 11:16

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

Luke 16:8

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

John 12:36

In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

Acts 26:18

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

Ephesians 5:8

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

1 John 2:8

Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.