11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Ephesians 5:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- KJV King James Version
- For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- ASV American Standard Version
- for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for you were once darkness, and now light in the LORD; walk as children of light,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- At one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. You are to live as children of light
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,
- DBY Darby Translation
- for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἦτε | Ēte | you were | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| γάρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ποτε | pote | once | G4218 ποτέ once/when |
| σκότος | skotos | darkness | G4655 σκότος darkness |
| νῦν | nyn | now | G3568 νῦν now |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| φῶς | phōs | [you are] light | G5457 φῶς light |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| Κυρίῳ | Kyriō | [the] Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 ὡς as/when |
| τέκνα | tekna | children | G5043 τέκνον child |
| φωτὸς | phōtos | of light | G5457 φῶς light |
| περιπατεῖτε | peripateite | Walk | G4043 περιπατέω to walk |
Related verses
- John 8:12
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.”
- 1 John 1:7
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.
- John 12:46
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
- Acts 26:18
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.’
- Colossians 1:13
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
- 1 Peter 2:9–11
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: who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- Isaiah 42:6–7
“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; to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
- Ephesians 4:18
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;
- John 12:36
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.
- Isaiah 9:2
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.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
7 Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
Read all of Ephesians 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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