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Ephesians 5:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Ephesians 5:8

Verse 8 of 33

Scripture focus

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Ephesians 5:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ephesians 5:8

Theological / Devotional

Sometimes. Gr. pote, “once” or “formerly.” In Old English “sometimes” had this meaning.

Darkness. Compare Rom. 2:19; 1 John 2:11. Formerly they were sunk in darkness and practiced the abominations of darkness (cf. Eph. 2:11, 12 ; 4:18).

Light. The idea here seems to be that not only were they “in the light” but they were light — by virtue of their union with Christ, who is Himself the light.

Walk. That is, conduct your life (see on eh. 2:2).

Children of light. The extraordinary purity of the lives of the early Christians as contrasted with the lives of the pagans about them was noted, somewhat grudgingly, by such men as Pliny, who commented on it in writing to Trajan (Letters x. 96; Loeb ed., vol. 2, pp. 401-405). Compare John 12:36; 1 Thess. 5:5; James 1:17.

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