8. sometimes —"once." The emphasis is on "were." Ye ought to have no fellowship with sin, which is darkness, for your state as darkness is now PAST. Stronger than "in darkness" ( :- ). light —not merely "enlightened"; but light enlightening others ( :- ). in —in union with the Lord, who is THE LIGHT. children of light —not merely "of the light"; just as "children of disobedience" is used on the opposite side; those whose distinguishing characteristic is light. PLINY, a heathen writing to Trajan, bears unwilling testimony to the extraordinary purity of Christians' lives, contrasted with the people around them. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-eph-5-002
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological