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John 12:36
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John 12:36
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36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become (A)sons of light.”
The Unbelief of the People
When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.
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John 12:36
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John 12:36
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36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(A) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(B)
Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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8 for (A)at one time you were (B)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. (C)Walk as children of light
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Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 For you are all (A)children[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse
1 Thessalonians 5:5
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Acts 13:47-48
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Acts 13:47-48
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47 (A)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
(B)“‘I have made you (C)a light for the Gentiles,
that you may (D)bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and (E)glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
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Acts 13:47-48
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Acts 13:47-48
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47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
“‘I have made you[a] a light for the Gentiles,(A)
that you[b] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’[c]”(B)
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord;(C) and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
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- Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
- Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
- Acts 13:47 Isaiah 49:6
John 8:59
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John 8:59
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59 So (A)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
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John 8:59
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John 8:59
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59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him,(A) but Jesus hid himself,(B) slipping away from the temple grounds.
Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(A) are more shrewd(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(C)
John 11:54
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John 11:54
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54 Jesus therefore (A)no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
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John 11:54
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John 11:54
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54 Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea.(A) Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
John 10:39-40
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John 10:39-40
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39 (A)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place (B)where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
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John 10:39-40
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John 10:39-40
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39 Again they tried to seize him,(A) but he escaped their grasp.(B)
40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan(C) to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed,
John 1:7
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John 1:7
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7 He came as a (A)witness, to bear witness about the light, (B)that all might believe through him.
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John 1:7
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John 1:7
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7 He came as a witness to testify(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(B)
Isaiah 60:1
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Isaiah 60:1
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The Future Glory of Israel
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Isaiah 60:1
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Isaiah 60:1
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The Glory of Zion
1 John 2:9-11
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1 John 2:9-11
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9 Whoever says he is in the light and (A)hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him[a] there is no (B)cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and (C)walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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- 1 John 2:10 Or it
1 John 2:9-11
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1 John 2:9-11
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9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a](A) is still in the darkness.(B) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[b] lives in the light,(C) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(D) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(E) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(F) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(G)
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- 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
- 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
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1 Thessalonians 5:8
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8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, (A)having put on the breastplate of (B)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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1 Thessalonians 5:8
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1 Thessalonians 5:8
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8 But since we belong to the day,(A) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(B) and the hope of salvation(C) as a helmet.(D)
John 3:21
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John 3:21
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21 But whoever (A)does what is true (B)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
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John 3:21
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John 3:21
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21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
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