1 Thessalonians 5:5

The Text-Critical English New Testament

You are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of the darkness.

Cross References

Luke 16:8

So the master commended the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the sons of light.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an allotment among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.’

Ephesians 5:8

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

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

1 John 2:8

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