Acts 26:18

Catholic Public Domain Version

in order to open their eyes, so that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the remission of sins and a place among the saints, through the faith that is in me.'

Cross References

Psalm 146:8

He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men.

Isaiah 29:18

And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.

Isaiah 32:3

The eyes of those who see will not be obscured, and the ears of those who hear will listen closely.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.

Isaiah 42:16

And I will lead the blind along a way which they do not know. And I will cause them to walk along paths with which they were unfamiliar. I will turn darkness into light before them, and crooked into straight. These things I have done for them. For I have not abandoned them.

Isaiah 42:7

so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration.

Isaiah 43:8

Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.

Isaiah 49:6

and so he has said: "It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth."

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. A light has risen for the inhabitants of the region of the shadow of death.

Malachi 4:2

But unto you, who fear my name, the Sun of justice will arise, and health will be in his wings. And you will go forth and leap like the calves of the herd.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him: "Go away, Satan. For it has been written: 'You shall adore the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.' "

Matthew 4:16

A people who were sitting in darkness have seen a great light. And unto those sitting in the region of the shadow of death, a light has risen."

Luke 1:77

to give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins,

Luke 1:79

to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to direct our feet in the way of peace."

Luke 2:32

the light of revelation to the nations and the glory of your people Israel."

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their mind, so that they might understand the Scriptures.

Luke 24:47

and, in his name, for repentance and the remission of sins to be preached, among all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,

John 17:17

Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.

John 3:19

And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.

John 4:10

Jesus responded and said to her: "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give me to drink,' perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water."

John 4:14

Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life."

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

John 9:39

And Jesus said, "I came into this world in judgment, so that those who do not see, may see; and so that those who see, may become blind."

John 9:5

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Acts 10:43

To him all the Prophets offer testimony that through his name all who believe in him receive the remission of sins."

Acts 13:47

For so has the Lord instructed us: 'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' "

Acts 15:9

And he distinguished nothing between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Acts 2:38

Yet truly, Peter said to them: "Do penance; and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Gentiles about repentance in God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:32

And now, I commend you to God and to the Word of his grace. He has the power to build up, and to give an inheritance to all who are sanctified.

Acts 26:19

From then on, O king Agrippa, I was not unbelieving to the heavenly vision.

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would suffer, and that he would be the first from the resurrection of the dead, and that he would bring light to the people and to the nations."

Acts 3:19

Therefore, repent and be converted, so that your sins may be wiped away.

Acts 5:31

It is he whom God has exalted at his right hand as Ruler and Savior, so as to offer repentance and the remission of sins to Israel.

Romans 8:17

But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.

1 Corinthians 1:2

to the Church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all who are invoking the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and of ours.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who was made by God to be our wisdom and justice and sanctification and redemption.

2 Corinthians 4:4

As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not choose to bear the yoke with unbelievers. For how can justice be a participant with iniquity? Or how can the fellowship of light be a participant with darkness?

Galatians 2:20

I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.

Galatians 3:14

This was so that the blessing of Abraham might reach the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, in order that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:2

I wish to know only this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Ephesians 1:11

In him, we too are called to our portion, having been predestined in accord with the plan of the One who accomplishes all things by the counsel of his will.

Ephesians 1:14

He is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the acquisition of redemption, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:18

May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints,

Ephesians 1:7

In him, we have redemption through his blood: the remission of sins in accord with the riches of his grace,

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.

Ephesians 4:18

having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

Ephesians 5:11

And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.

Ephesians 5:14

Because of this, it is said: "You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you."

Ephesians 5:8

For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.

2 Timothy 2:26

and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

Hebrews 10:10

For by this will, we have been sanctified, through the one time oblation of the body of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:14

For, by one oblation, he has brought to fulfillment, for all time, those who are sanctified.

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 9:15

And thus he is the Mediator of the new testament, so that, by his death, he intercedes for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament, so that those who have been called may receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.

James 2:5

My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 1:4

unto an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, which is reserved for you in heaven.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were like wandering sheep. But now you have been turned back toward the Pastor and the Bishop of your souls.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little sons, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of his name.

1 John 3:8

Whoever commits sin is of the devil. For the devil sins from the beginning. For this reason, the Son of God appeared, so that he might eradicate the works of the devil.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and that the entire world is established in wickedness.

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are beloved in God the Father, and who are guarded and called in Jesus Christ:

Revelation 21:27

There shall not enter into it anything defiled, nor anything causing an abomination, nor anything false, but only those who have been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb.