1 Thessalonians 5:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

Cross References

Leviticus 11:16

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;

Luke 16:8

And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Ephesians 5:8

for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

1 John 2:8

Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.