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the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
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But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness.
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See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.
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I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
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Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
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to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
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The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
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For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
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Warning Against Idolatry
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
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You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
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Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
