let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –
Luke 11:36 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If then your entire body is illuminated, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright [with light], as when a lamp with its bright rays gives you light. American Standard Version (1901) If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light. Common English Bible If your whole body is full of light—with no part darkened—then it will be as full of light as when a lamp shines brightly on you.” Catholic Public Domain Version So then, if your entire body becomes filled with light, not having any part in darkness, then it will be entirely light, and, like a shining lamp, it will illuminate you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of darkness; the whole shall be lightsome; and as a bright lamp, shall enlighten thee. |
let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –
The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life, searching the innermost parts. ,
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not abandon them.
Go to God’s instruction and testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
Let’s strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
‘Therefore,’ he said to them, ‘every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.’
No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.
As he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. So he went in and reclined at the table.
For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
But solid food is for the mature #– #for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works #– #this person will be blessed in what he does.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. ,