נ Nun

⁴ The god^(A) of this age^(B) has blinded^(C) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,^(D) who is the image of God.^{(E) 5} For what we preach is not ourselves,^(F) but Jesus Christ as Lord,^(G) and ourselves as your servants^(H) for Jesus’ sake. ⁶ For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”^[a](I) made his light shine in our hearts^(J) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.^(K)

⁸ For you were once^(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light^(B)

¹³ But everything exposed by the light^(A) becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. ¹⁴ This is why it is said:

⁴⁷ For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

³⁰ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’^{[a](A) 31} The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b](B) There is no commandment greater than these.”

²¹ By day the Lord went ahead^(A) of them in a pillar of cloud^(B) to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. ²² Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left^(C) its place in front of the people.