5. The oldest manuscripts read, "FOR ye are all," c. Ye have no reason for fear, or for being taken by surprise, by the coming of the day of the Lord: " For ye are all sons (so the Greek ) of light and sons of day" a Hebrew idiom, implying that as sons resemble their fathers, so you are in character light (intellectually and morally illuminated in a spiritual point of view), Luke 16:8 ; John 12:36 . are not of —that is, belong not to night nor darkness. The change of person from "ye" to "we" implies this: Ye are sons of light because ye are Christians; and we, Christians, are not of night nor darkness. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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