Acts 13:47
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47 For that is what the Lord has commanded us, saying,
‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles,
So that You may bring [the message of eternal] salvation to the end of the earth.’”(A)
Romans 13:12
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12 The night [this present evil age] is almost gone and the day [of Christ’s return] is almost here. So let us fling away the works of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light.
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Ephesians 5:8
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8 For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
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Philippians 2:15
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15 so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness],
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.
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James 1:17
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17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow [a]cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes].
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- James 1:17 Lit of turning.
1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.(A)
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