"Whileyou havethe Light,believein the Light,sothat you may becomesonsof Light."These thingsJesusspoke,and He went awayand hidHimself from them.
"Arise,shine;for your lighthas come,And the gloryof the LORDhas risenupon you.
And He leftthem and wentout of the cityto Bethany,and spent the nightthere.
"You are the lightof the world.A cityseton a hillcannotbe hidden;
"And his masterpraisedthe unrighteousmanagerbecausehe had actedshrewdly;for the sonsof thisageare more shrewdin relationto their ownkindthanthe sonsof light.
He cameas a witness,to testifyaboutthe Light,sothat allmight believethroughhim.
ThereforeJesusno longercontinued to walkpubliclyamongthe Jews,but went awayfrom thereto the countrynearthe wilderness,into a citycalledEphraim;and thereHe stayedwith the disciples.
But though He had performedso manysignsbeforethem, [yet] they were not believingin Him.
"I have come[as] Lightinto the world,sothat everyonewho believesin Me will not remainin darkness.
"But he who practicesthe truthcomesto the Light,sothat his deedsmay be manifestedas having beenwroughtin God."
ThenJesusagainspoketo them, saying,"I amthe Lightof the world;he who followsMe will not walkin the darkness,but will havethe Lightof life."
Thereforethey pickedup stonesto throwat Him, but JesushidHimself and wentout of the temple.
for you were formerlydarkness,but nowyou are Lightin the Lord;walkas childrenof Light
for you are allsonsof lightand sonsof day.We are not of nightnorof darkness;
But since we are of [the] day,let us be sober,having puton the breastplateof faithand love,and as a helmet,the hopeof salvation.
