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Being A Light
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You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. — read the full passage →
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, — read the full passage →
“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. — read the full passage →
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Do all things without murmurings and disputes, — read the full passage →
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going. — read the full passage →
yes, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. — read the full passage →
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, — read the full passage →
For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →
“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. — read the full passage →
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. — read the full passage →
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →
Therefore don’t be partakers with them. — read the full passage →
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, — read the full passage →
I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — read the full passage →
Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. — read the full passage →
But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. — read the full passage →
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. — read the full passage →
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; — read the full passage →
I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners; — read the full passage →
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, — read the full passage →
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? — read the full passage →
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
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