Ephesians 5:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

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.”

1 John 1:7

We should live in the light, where God is. If we live in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood sacrifice of Jesus, God’s Son, washes away every sin and makes us clean.

Acts 26:18

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.’”

Colossians 1:13

God made us free from the power of darkness. And he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.

John 12:46

I came into this world as a light. I came so that everyone who believes in me will not stay in darkness.

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.

John 12:36

So put your trust in the light while you still have it. Then you will be children of light.” When Jesus finished saying these things, he went away to a place where the people could not find him.

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.

Ephesians 2:2

Yes, in the past your lives were full of those sins. You lived the way the world lives, following the ruler of the evil powers that are above the earth. That same spirit is now working in those who refuse to obey God.

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.

Jeremiah 13:16

Honor the Lord your God. Praise him or he will bring darkness. Praise him before you fall on the dark hills. You people of Judah are hoping for light, but the Lord will turn the light into thick darkness. He will change it into the deepest gloom.

Titus 3:3

In the past we were foolish too. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to the many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We lived doing evil and being jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.

Luke 16:8

“Later, the master told the dishonest manager that he had done a smart thing. Yes, worldly people are smarter in their business with each other than spiritual people are.

Isaiah 2:5

Family of Jacob, let us follow the Lord.

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.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And our faces are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings more and more glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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.”

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.

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.

Romans 2:19

You think you are a guide for people who don’t know the right way, a light for those who are in the dark.

John 1:9

The true light was coming into the world. This is the true light that gives light to all people.

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

Isaiah 49:9

You will tell the prisoners, ‘Come out of your prison!’ You will tell those who are in darkness, ‘Come out of the dark!’ The people will eat along the road, and they will have food even on empty hills.

Galatians 5:25

We get our new life from the Spirit, so we should follow the Spirit.

Romans 1:21

People knew God, but they did not honor him as God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.

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.”

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.

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life of love. Love others just as Christ loved us. He gave himself for us—a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.

Acts 17:30

In the past people did not understand God, and he overlooked this. But now he is telling everyone in the world to change and turn to him.

Psalm 74:20

Remember the agreement you gave us, because violence fills every dark place in this land.

Isaiah 50:10

People who respect the Lord also listen to his servant. That servant lives completely trusting in God without knowing what will happen. He really trusts in the Lord’s name and depends on his God.

Matthew 3:8

Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed.

John 12:35

Then Jesus said, “The light will be with you for only a short time more. So walk while you have the light. Then the darkness will not catch you. People who walk in the darkness don’t know where they are going.

Romans 13:12

The night is almost finished. The day is almost here. So we should stop doing whatever belongs to darkness. We should prepare ourselves to fight evil with the weapons that belong to the light.

Colossians 1:12

and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have what he has promised to give all his holy people, who live in the light.