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6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be apartakers with them.  

Walk in Light

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are alight in the Lord. Walk as children of light  
9 (for athe fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),  
10 afinding out what is acceptable to the Lord.  
11 And have ano fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather1 expose them.  
12 aFor it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.  
13 But aall things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.  
14 Therefore He says:
a“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”  

Walk in Wisdom

15 aSee then that you walk1 circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,  
16 aredeeming the time, bbecause the days are evil.  
17 aTherefore do not be unwise, but bunderstand cwhat the will of the Lord is.  
18 And ado not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,  
19 speaking to one another ain psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making bmelody in your heart to the Lord,  
20 agiving thanks always for all things to God the Father bin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,  
21 asubmitting to one another in the fear of1 God.  

Marriage—Christ and the Church

22 Wives, asubmit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.  
23 For athe husband is head of the wife, as also bChrist is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.  
Verse Comparison: Ephesians 5:8

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American Standard Version
For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

Amplified® Bible
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [lead the lives of those native-born to the Light].

Contemporary English Version
You used to be like people living in the dark, but now you are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light

Darby English Version
for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light,

Good News Bible
You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,

International Standard Version
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.

King James Version
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

New American Standard Bible
for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

New International Version
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
for you formerly walked in darkness, but now you receive Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

Young's Literal Translation
for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,


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