³⁶ Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light.”

After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.

⁸ For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!

⁵⁹ At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.

⁵ For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.

⁸ “The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.

⁴⁷ For the Lord gave us this command when he said,

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were chosen for eternal life became believers.

⁷ to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

Future Glory for Jerusalem

⁹ If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer,^[a] that person is still living in darkness. ¹⁰ Anyone who loves a fellow believer^[b] is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. ¹¹ But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.