Ephesians 5:8-14

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⁸for ^(A)at one time you were ^(B)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. ^(C)Walk as children of light ⁹(for ^(D)the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), ¹⁰and ^(E)try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹^(F)Take no part in the ^(G)unfruitful ^(H)works of darkness, but instead ^(I)expose them. ¹²For ^(J)it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. ¹³But when ^(K)anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, ¹⁴for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

^(L)“Awake, O sleeper,
and ^(M)arise from the dead,
and ^(N)Christ will shine on you.”

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Ephesians 5:8-14

International Standard Version

⁸For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, ⁹for the fruit that the light^[a] produces consists of every form of goodness, righteousness, and truth. ¹⁰Determine what pleases the Lord, ¹¹and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are. ¹²For it is shameful even to mention what is done by these disobedient people^[b] in secret. ¹³But everything that is exposed to the light becomes visible, ¹⁴for the light is making everything visible. That is why it says,

“Wake up, sleeper!
Arise from the dead,
and the Messiah^[c] will shine on you.’’^[d]

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Footnotes

Ephesians 5:9 Other mss. read fruit of the Spirit
Ephesians 5:12 Lit. by them
Ephesians 5:14 Or Christ
Ephesians 5:14 The source of this quote is unknown.

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Ephesians 5:8-14

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