“For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,”
— WEB
Ephesians 5:8
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
— KJV
“For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light”
— ASV
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Commentary
sometimes--"once." The emphasis is on "were." Ye ought to have no fellowship with sin, which is darkness, for your state as darkness is now PAST. Stronger than "in darkness" (Rom 2:19). light--not merely "enlightened"; but light enlightening others (Eph 5:13). in--in union with the Lord, who is THE LIGHT. children of light--not merely "of the light"; just as "children of disobedience" is used on the opposite side; those whose distinguishing characteristic is light. PLINY, a heathen writing to Trajan, bears unwilling testimony to the extraordinary purity of Christians' lives, contrasted with the people around them.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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