Ephesians 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
Ephesians 5:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Ephesians 5:813 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:8
“Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord.” Observe how wisely he urges them forward; first, from the thought of Christ, that you love one another, and do injury to no man; then, on the other hand, from the thought of punishment and hell-fire. “For you were once darkness,” says he, “but are now light in the Lord.” Which is what he says also in the Epistle to the Romans; “What fruit then had ye at that time in the…
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