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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)
John 12:36
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John 12:36
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36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
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Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
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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.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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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.
Footnotes
- Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
- Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
- Acts 13:47 Isaiah 49:6
Acts 13:47-48
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Acts 13:47-48
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47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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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.
John 8:59
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John 8:59
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59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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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)
Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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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 11:54
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John 11:54
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54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
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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 10:39-40
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John 10:39-40
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39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
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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)
John 1:7
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John 1:7
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7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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Isaiah 60:1
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Isaiah 60:1
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The Glory of Zion
Isaiah 60:1
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Isaiah 60:1
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60 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
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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)
Footnotes
- 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 John 2:9-11
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1 John 2:9-11
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9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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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)
1 Thessalonians 5:8
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1 Thessalonians 5:8
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8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
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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.
John 3:21
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John 3:21
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21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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