Acts 26:18

Good News Translation

You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.’

Cross References

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes, so that I may see the wonderful truths in your law.

Psalm 146:8

and gives sight to the blind. He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people.

Isaiah 29:18

When that day comes, the deaf will be able to hear a book being read aloud, and the blind, who have been living in darkness, will open their eyes and see.

Isaiah 32:3

Their eyes and ears will be open to the needs of the people.

Isaiah 35:5

The blind will be able to see, and the deaf will hear.

Isaiah 42:16

“I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. These are my promises, and I will keep them without fail.

Isaiah 42:7

You will open the eyes of the blind and set free those who sit in dark prisons.

Isaiah 43:8

God says, “Summon my people to court. They have eyes, but they are blind; they have ears, but they are deaf!

Isaiah 49:6

The Lord said to me, “I have a greater task for you, my servant. Not only will you restore to greatness the people of Israel who have survived, but I will also make you a light to the nations— so that all the world may be saved.”

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. They lived in a land of shadows, but now light is shining on them.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus answered, “Go away, Satan! The scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!’”

Matthew 4:16

The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On those who live in the dark land of death the light will shine.”

Luke 1:77

to tell his people that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

Luke 1:79

and to shine from heaven on all those who live in the dark shadow of death, to guide our steps into the path of peace.”

Luke 2:32

A light to reveal your will to the Gentiles and bring glory to your people Israel.”

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Luke 24:47

and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed

John 17:17

Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth.

John 3:19

This is how the judgment works: the light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water.”

John 4:14

but those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a spring which will provide them with life-giving water and give them eternal life.”

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. “I am the light of the world,” he said. “Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness.”

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I came to this world to judge, so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind.”

John 9:5

While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”

Acts 10:43

All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name.”

Acts 13:47

For this is the commandment that the Lord has given us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, so that all the world may be saved.’”

Acts 15:9

He made no difference between us and them; he forgave their sins because they believed.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:21

To Jews and Gentiles alike I gave solemn warning that they should turn from their sins to God and believe in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 20:32

“And now I commend you to the care of God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you the blessings God has for all his people.

Acts 26:19

“And so, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the vision I had from heaven.

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and be the first one to rise from death, to announce the light of salvation to the Jews and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,

Acts 5:31

God raised him to his right side as Leader and Savior, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.

Romans 8:17

Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to all who are called to be God's holy people, who belong to him in union with Christ Jesus, together with all people everywhere who worship our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 1:30

But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free.

2 Corinthians 4:4

They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

2 Corinthians 4:6

The God who said, “Out of darkness the light shall shine!” is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done. How can right and wrong be partners? How can light and darkness live together?

Galatians 2:20

so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.

Galatians 3:14

Christ did this in order that the blessing which God promised to Abraham might be given to the Gentiles by means of Christ Jesus, so that through faith we might receive the Spirit promised by God.

Galatians 3:2

Tell me this one thing: did you receive God's Spirit by doing what the Law requires or by hearing the gospel and believing it?

Ephesians 1:11

All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.

Ephesians 1:14

The Spirit is the guarantee that we shall receive what God has promised his people, and this assures us that God will give complete freedom to those who are his. Let us praise his glory!

Ephesians 1:18

I ask that your minds may be opened to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his people,

Ephesians 1:7

For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God,

Ephesians 2:8

For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.

Ephesians 4:18

and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn.

Ephesians 5:11

Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. (

Ephesians 5:14

for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, “Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:8

You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,

Ephesians 6:12

For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.

2 Timothy 2:26

And then they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the Devil, who had caught them and made them obey his will.

Hebrews 10:10

Because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do, we are all purified from sin by the offering that he made of his own body once and for all.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice, then, he has made perfect forever those who are purified from sin.

Hebrews 11:6

No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason Christ is the one who arranges a new covenant, so that those who have been called by God may receive the eternal blessings that God has promised. This can be done because there has been a death which sets people free from the wrongs they did while the first covenant was in effect.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 1:4

and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away.

1 Peter 2:25

You were like sheep that had lost their way, but now you have been brought back to follow the Shepherd and Keeper of your souls.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

1 John 2:12

I write to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of Christ.

1 John 3:8

Whoever continues to sin belongs to the Devil, because the Devil has sinned from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to destroy what the Devil had done.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God even though the whole world is under the rule of the Evil One.

Jude 1:1

From Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James— To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ:

Revelation 21:27

But nothing that is impure will enter the city, nor anyone who does shameful things or tells lies. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of the living will enter the city.