Luk 16:8, Joh 8:59, 11:54, Eph 5:8, 1Th 5:5, 1Jo 2:9-11 | ISV | STEP | The master praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. For worldly people are more clever than enlightened people in dealing with their own generation.

Luke 16:8

8 The 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 8:59

59 At this, they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.Luke 4:30; John 10:31, 39; 11:8

John 11:54

54 As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. ^{▼▼I.e. Jewish leaders} Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.2Chr 13:19; John 4:1, 3; 7:1

Ephesians 5:8

8 For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.Isa 9:2; Matt 4:16; Luke 16:8; John 8:12; Acts 26:18; Rom 1:21; 2Cor 3:18; 4:6; Eph 2:11-12; 4:18; 1Thes 5:5; Titus 3:3; 1Pet 2:9; 1John 2:9

1 Thessalonians 5:5

5 For all of you are children of light and children of day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.Eph 5:8

1 John 2:9-11

9 The 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 10 The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble.2Pet 1:10; 1John 3:14 11 But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness and lives in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.John 12:35