Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Cross References (38)

  • John 8:12 (67)

    Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the

  • 1 John 1:7 (43)

    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son c

  • John 12:46 (31)

    I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

  • Acts 26:18 (30)

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may recei

  • Colossians 1:13 (26)

    He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

  • 1 Peter 2:9–11 (24)

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu

  • Isaiah 42:6–7 (21)

    “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint yo

  • Ephesians 4:18 (17)

    They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due

  • John 12:36 (16)

    While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these thin

  • Isaiah 9:2 (13)

    The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has

  • Ephesians 2:2 (10)

    in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spi

  • Isaiah 2:5 (9)

    Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 13:16 (9)

    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for

  • 2 Corinthians 4:6 (9)

    For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the kno

  • Isaiah 60:1–3 (9)

    Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

  • Luke 16:8 (8)

    The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in de

  • 2 Corinthians 3:18 (7)

    And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifyin

  • Luke 1:79 (7)

    to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:4–8 (7)

    But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

  • Titus 3:3 (7)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • Isaiah 60:19–20 (7)

    No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be yo

  • Ephesians 6:12 (7)

    For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of

  • Matthew 4:16 (6)

    the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has d

  • John 1:4–5 (6)

    In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14 (6)

    Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellows

  • John 1:9 (6)

    The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

  • Romans 2:19 (6)

    if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

  • 1 John 2:8–11 (6)

    Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading

  • 1 Corinthians 1:30 (6)

    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, a

  • Isaiah 49:9 (6)

    to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and

  • Galatians 5:25 (5)

    Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

  • Romans 1:21 (5)

    For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their th

  • Isaiah 42:16 (5)

    I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light

  • Isaiah 49:6 (5)

    He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones

  • Ephesians 5:2 (4)

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  • Psalms 74:20 (4)

    Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

  • Acts 17:30 (4)

    Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

  • Ephesians 2:11–12 (4)

    Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcisio