Acts 26:18

Radiate New Testament

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God. I want them to have their sins forgiven and find a place among God’s people by believing in me.’

Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But God chose you to be his own people, his royal priests, a holy nation, his special treasure. You’re all these things so that you can tell everyone how wonderful God is. He brought you out of darkness and into his marvelous light.

Ephesians 1:18

I also pray that you may understand more clearly. That way you’ll know the hope that God has called you to, the glorious riches that God will give his holy people,

Ephesians 5:8

You used to be darkness, but now you’re light in the Lord. Live as children of the light.

Acts 20:32

“Now I commit you to God and to the message about his grace. It can build you up and give you a share in what God plans to give all his people.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God said, “Let light shine out of darkness.” And he made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light we needed to know God’s glory, which is shown in the face of Christ.

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to the people again and said, “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in darkness. They will have the light of life.”

Luke 1:79

It will shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, and it will guide our feet onto the path of peace.”

Ephesians 4:18

They have only a dim understanding, and they don’t appreciate what it’s like to follow God. They’re ignorant because their hearts are stubborn.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Don’t be joined together with unbelievers. What do right and wrong have in common? Can light and darkness be friends?

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they can’t see the light of the good news that makes Christ’s glory clear. He is the image of God.

1 John 3:8

The person who does what is sinful belongs to the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the devil’s work.

Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then your sins will be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are children of God and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, God is trustworthy and fair. He’ll forgive our sins and make us pure from every wrong thing we’ve done.

Acts 20:21

I told both Jews and Greeks that they had to turn away from their sins to God and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Luke 24:47

and his followers will preach in his name. They will tell others to turn away from their sins and be forgiven. People from every nation will hear about this, beginning in Jerusalem.

Revelation 21:27

Only what is pure will enter the city. No one will enter who does anything that’s shameful or deceitful; only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter.

1 Peter 2:25

“You were like sheep wandering away.” But now you have returned to the Shepherd who watches over your souls.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith it’s impossible to please God, because those who come to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who try hard to find him.

Acts 13:47

This is what the Lord has commanded us to do. He said, “ ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles to bring salvation to the whole earth.’ ”

Acts 15:9

God didn’t treat them any differently from us, because he’d made their hearts pure by faith too.

Acts 5:31

God has lifted Jesus up and given him a place of honor at his right hand, making him Prince and Savior so he can turn Israel away from their sins and forgive them.

John 9:5

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

John 3:19

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because they were doing what was wrong.

1 John 2:12

Dear children, I’m writing to you because your sins have been forgiven in Jesus’ name.

1 Peter 1:4

God has given us an inheritance that can never be destroyed, spoil, or fade away. It’s kept in heaven for us.

John 17:17

Set them apart, making them holy by the truth; your word is truth.

Luke 1:77

to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

Jude 1:1

From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept safe for Jesus Christ.

James 2:5

My dear brothers and sisters, listen to me. Hasn’t God chosen those who are poor in the world’s eyes to be rich in faith? Hasn’t he chosen them to receive the kingdom that he promised to give to those who love him?

Hebrews 10:14

By that one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Galatians 3:14

He set us free so that the blessing that was given to Abraham would come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus. That way by faith we would receive the promised Holy Spirit.

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

2 Timothy 2:26

That way they may come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap, since he has taken them as prisoners to do what he wants.

Ephesians 2:8

God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. It’s not from you; it’s God’s gift.

Ephesians 1:11

God chose us to belong to him, as he had decided long ago in keeping with his plan. He works everything out to fit his plan and purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:30

Because of what God has done, you belong to Christ Jesus. He has become God’s wisdom for us. He makes us right with God, he makes us holy, and he sets us free.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to announce the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners, to make the blind see again, to set free those who are mistreated,

Luke 2:32

as a light to shine on the Gentiles and as glory for your people Israel.”

Matthew 4:16

The people living in darkness have seen a great light. A light has shined on those living in a very dark land.”

Hebrews 10:10

And by that will, we’ve been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all time.

Hebrews 9:15

That’s why Christ is the mediator of a new covenant. Now the people that God has called to himself can receive the eternal gift he promised. They can receive it because Christ has died to pay the price and set them free from the sins they committed under the first covenant.

Ephesians 5:14

That’s why it’s said, “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 1:14

The Spirit is a guarantee that someday we’ll receive all that God has promised. That will happen after God sets all his people completely free. All these things will bring praise to his glory.

Ephesians 1:7

Because Jesus bled and died, our sins have been forgiven, and we’ve been set free. God has poured out his grace

Galatians 3:2

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by keeping the law, or by believing what you heard?

Galatians 2:20

I’ve been crucified with Christ. I’m not the one living anymore. Christ is living in me. I do continue to live in this body, but I do that by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the members of God’s church in Corinth. You have been made holy in Christ Jesus, and you’ve been called to be his holy people together with all those everywhere who pray to our Lord Jesus Christ, who is their Lord and ours.

Romans 8:17

And since we are his children, we’re going to inherit everything that Christ will also inherit. But we must share in his sufferings if we also want to share in his glory.

Acts 26:23

They said the Messiah would suffer but then be the first to rise from the dead, and that he would bring the message of light to the Jews and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 10:43

All the prophets speak about him and say that everyone who believes in him has their sins forgiven through his name.”

Acts 3:19

So turn away from your sins and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped away. Then the time will come when the Lord makes everything new.

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I’ve come into this world to judge it, so that people who are blind will become able to see and that people who can see will become blind.”

John 4:14

But anyone who drinks the water I give them will never get thirsty. In fact, the water I give them will become a spring of water inside them bubbling up into eternal life.”

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who was asking you for a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to him, “Get away from me, Satan! It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

Acts 26:19

“So then, King Agrippa, I didn’t disobey this vision from heaven.

Ephesians 5:11

and don’t have anything to do with the acts of darkness. They never produce anything good. Show what those acts are really like.

Ephesians 6:12

We’re not fighting against human beings, but against the rulers, authorities, and powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly world.