Acts 26:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You will make them able to understand the truth. They will turn away from darkness to the light. They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can be given a place among God’s people—those who have been made holy by believing in me.’”

Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that God will open your minds to see his truth. Then you will know the hope that he has chosen us to have. You will know that the blessings God has promised his holy people are rich and glorious.

Ephesians 5:8

In the past you were full of darkness, but now you are full of light in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light.

Acts 20:32

“Now I am putting you in God’s care. I am depending on the message about his grace to make you strong. That message is able to give you the blessings that God gives to all his holy people.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “Let light shine out of the darkness!” And this is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts to let us know that his own divine greatness is seen in the face of Christ.

Isaiah 42:7

You will make the blind able to see. You will free those who are held as captives. You will lead those who live in darkness out of their prison.

John 8:12

Later, Jesus talked to the people again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never live in darkness. They will have the light that gives life.”

Luke 1:79

It will bring light to those who live in darkness, in the fear of death. It will guide us into the way that brings peace.”

Ephesians 4:18

They have no understanding, and they know nothing because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened so that they can see, and the ears of the deaf will be opened so that they can hear.

2 Corinthians 6:14

You are not the same as those who don’t believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Good and evil don’t belong together. Light and darkness cannot share the same room.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The ruler of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the message about the divine greatness of Christ. Christ is the one who is exactly like God.

1 John 3:8

The devil has been sinning since the beginning. Anyone who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God came for this: to destroy the devil’s work.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Then God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God, but the Evil One controls the whole world.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done.

Acts 20:21

I told everyone—Jewish and non-Jewish people—to change and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Luke 24:47

You saw these things happen—you are witnesses. You must go and tell people that they must change and turn to God, which will bring them his forgiveness. You must start from Jerusalem and tell this message in my name to the people of all nations.

Revelation 21:27

Nothing unclean will ever enter the city. No one who does shameful things or tells lies will ever enter the city. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter the city.

1 Peter 2:25

You were like sheep that went the wrong way. But now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your lives.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith no one can please God. Whoever comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who sincerely try to find him.

Acts 13:47

This is what the Lord told us to do: ‘I have made you a light for the other nations, to show people all over the world the way to be saved.’” Isaiah 49:6

Acts 15:9

To God, those people are not different from us. When they believed, God made their hearts pure.

Acts 5:31

Jesus is the one God honored by giving him a place at his right side. He made him our Leader and Savior. God did this to give all the people of Israel the opportunity to change and turn to God to have their sins forgiven.

John 9:5

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

John 3:19

They are judged by this fact: The light has come into the world. But they did not want light. They wanted darkness, because they were doing evil things.

Isaiah 29:18

The deaf will hear the words in the book. The blind will see through the darkness and fog.

1 John 2:12

I write to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven through Christ.

1 Peter 1:4

Now we wait to receive the blessings God has for his children. These blessings are kept for you in heaven. They cannot be ruined or be destroyed or lose their beauty.

John 17:17

Make them ready for your service through your truth. Your teaching is truth.

Luke 1:77

You will make his people understand that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

Jude 1:1

Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. To those who have been chosen and are loved by God the Father and have been kept safe in Jesus Christ.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. God chose the poor people in the world to be rich in faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to those who love him.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. They are the ones who are being made holy.

Galatians 3:14

Because of what Jesus Christ did, the blessing God promised to Abraham was given to all people. Christ died so that by believing in him we could have the Spirit that God promised.

Luke 24:45

Then Jesus helped the followers understand these Scriptures about him.

Isaiah 43:8

“Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind. Bring out the people who have ears but are deaf.

Isaiah 42:16

Then I will lead the blind along a path they never knew to places where they have never been before. I will change darkness into light for them. I will make the rough ground smooth. I will do these things for them; I will not abandon my people.

Isaiah 9:2

Those people lived in darkness, but they will see a great light. They lived in a place as dark as death, but a great light will shine on them.

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes so that I can see all the wonderful things in your teachings.

2 Timothy 2:26

The devil has trapped them and now makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up to see what is happening and free themselves from the devil’s trap.

Ephesians 2:8

I mean that you have been saved by grace because you believed. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what he wanted. And he is the one who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me. He has chosen me to tell good news to the poor. He sent me to tell prisoners that they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. He sent me to free those who have been treated badly

Luke 2:32

He is a light to show your way to the other nations. And he will bring honor to your people Israel.”

Matthew 4:16

The people who live in spiritual darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined for those who live in the land that is as dark as a grave.” Isaiah 9:1-2

Malachi 4:2

“But, for my followers, goodness will shine on you like the rising sun. And it will bring healing power like the sun’s rays. You will be free and happy, like calves freed from their stalls.

Isaiah 49:6

And now he says, “You are a very important servant to me. You must bring back to me the tribes of Jacob. You must bring back the people of Israel who are still alive. But I have something else for you to do that is even more important: I will make you a light for the other nations. You will show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

Psalm 146:8

The Lord makes the blind see again. The Lord helps those who are in trouble. The Lord loves those who do right.

Hebrews 10:10

Jesus Christ did the things God wanted him to do. And because of that, we are made holy through the sacrifice of Christ’s body. Christ made that sacrifice one time—enough for all time.

Hebrews 9:15

So Christ brings a new agreement from God to his people. He brings this agreement so that those who are chosen by God can have the blessings God promised, blessings that last forever. This can happen only because Christ died to free people from sins committed against the commands of the first agreement.

Ephesians 5:14

Yes, everything is made clear by the light. This is why we say, “Wake up, you who are sleeping! Rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 1:14

The Spirit is the first payment that guarantees we will get all that God has for us. Then we will enjoy complete freedom as people who belong to him. The goal for all of us is the praise of God in all his glory.

Ephesians 1:7

In Christ we are made free by his blood sacrifice. We have forgiveness of sins because of God’s rich grace.

Galatians 3:2

Tell me this one thing: How did you receive the Spirit? Did you receive the Spirit by following the law? No, you received the Spirit because you heard the message about Jesus and believed it.

Galatians 2:20

So I am not the one living now—it is Christ living in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God. He is the one who loved me and gave himself to save me.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To God’s church in Corinth, you who have been made holy because you belong to Christ Jesus. You were chosen to be God’s holy people together with all people everywhere who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours.

Romans 8:17

If we are God’s children, we will get the blessings God has for his people. He will give us all that he has given Christ. But we must suffer like Christ suffered. Then we will be able to share his glory.

Acts 26:23

They said that the Messiah would die and be the first to rise from death. They said that he would bring the light of God’s saving truth to the Jewish people and to the non-Jewish people.”

Acts 10:43

Everyone who believes in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name. All the prophets agree that this is true.”

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that people who are blind could see. And I came so that people who think they see would become blind.”

John 4:14

But anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life.”

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “You don’t know what God can give you. And you don’t know who I am, the one who asked you for a drink. If you knew, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water.”

Isaiah 32:3

Then people would actually see what they look at. They would actually listen to what they hear.

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to him, “Get away from me, Satan! The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. Serve only him!’” Deuteronomy 6:13

Acts 26:19

Paul continued speaking: “King Agrippa, after I had this vision from heaven, I obeyed it.

Ephesians 5:11

Have no part in the things that people in darkness do, which produce nothing good. Instead, tell everyone how wrong those things are.

Ephesians 6:12

Our fight is not against people on earth. We are fighting against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness. We are fighting against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places.