Rom 13:11-13, Col 1:13, 1Pe 2:9-10, 1Jo 2:8 | ESV | STEP | Besides this you know the time , that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep . For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed .

Romans 13:11-13

11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you ^ato wake from sleep. ^bFor salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 ^cThe night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us ^dcast off ^ethe works of darkness and ^fput on the armor of light. 13 ^gLet us walk properly as in the daytime, ^hnot in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, ⁱnot in quarreling and jealousy.

Colossians 1:13

13 He ^jhas delivered us from ^kthe domain of darkness and transferred us to ^lthe kingdom of ^mhis beloved Son,

1 Peter 2:9-10

9 But you are ⁿa chosen race, ^oa royal ^ppriesthood, ^qa holy nation, ^ra people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^sout of darkness into ^this marvelous light. 10 ^uOnce you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 John 2:8

8 At the same time, it is ^va new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because ^{▼▼Or that} ^xthe darkness is passing away and ^ythe true light is already shining.