Isaiah 9:2
Matthew 4:16
16The people living ▼▼Lit. sitting
in darkness have seen a great light,Isa 42:7; Luke 2:32and for those living ▼▼Lit. sitting
in the land and shadow of death,a light has risen.” ▼▼Isa 9:1-2
Luke 16:8
8The master praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. For worldly people ▼▼Lit. the sons of this age
are more clever than enlightened people ▼▼Lit. the sons of light
in dealing with their own generation.John 12:36; Eph 5:8; 1Thes 5:5 John 8:12
12Jesus the Light of the WorldLater on Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”John 1:4-5, 9; 3:19; 9:5Acts 26:18
18You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they might receive the forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’Isa 35:5; 42:7; Luke 1:77, 79; John 8:12; Acts 20:32; 2Cor 4:4; 6:14; Eph 1:11, 18; 4:18; 5:8; Col 1:12-13; 1Thes 5:5; Eph 1:11, 18, 1Pet 2:9, 25Romans 1:21
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, ▼▼Lit. they became worthless in their thoughts
and their ignorant hearts were darkened.2Kings 17:15; Jer 2:5; Eph 4:17-18 2 Corinthians 3:18
18As all of us reflect the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, we are being transformed into the same image with ever-increasing glory by the Lord's Spirit.Rom 8:29; 1Cor 13:12; 15:49; 2Cor 4:4, 6; Col 3:10; 1Tim 1:112 Corinthians 4:6
6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” ▼▼Gen 1:3
has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ. ▼▼Other mss. lack Jesus; still other mss. read Christ Jesus
Gen 1:3; 2Cor 1:4; 1Pet 2:9; 2Pet 1:19 Ephesians 2:11-12
11All Believers Are One in ChristSo then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles by birth ▼▼Lit. in the flesh
and were called “the uncircumcision” by what is called “the circumcision” made in the flesh by hands.Rom 2:28-29; 1Cor 12:2; Eph 5:8; Col 1:21 12At that time you were without Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel, ▼▼Or from the commonwealth of Israel
and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.Ezek 13:9; John 10:16; Rom 9:4, 8; Gal 4:8; Eph 4:18; Col 1:21; Rom 9:4, 8, 1Thes 4:5, 13 Ephesians 4:18
18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.Acts 26:18; Rom 1:21; Gal 4:8; Eph 2:12; 1Thes 4:51 Thessalonians 5:5
5For all of you are children of light and children of day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.Eph 5:8Titus 3:3
3After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.1Cor 6:11; Eph 2:1; Col 1:21; 3:7; 1Pet 4:31 Peter 2:9
9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Exod 19:5-6; Deut 4:20; 7:6; 10:15; 14:2; 26:18-19; John 17:19; Acts 20:28; 26:18; 1Cor 3:17; Eph 1:14; 5:8; Col 1:13; 1Thes 5:4-5; 2Tim 1:9; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 1:2; Rev 1:6; 5:101 John 2:9
9The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.1Cor 13:2; 2Pet 1:9; 1John 3:14-15
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