Ephesians 5:8

⁸for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of lighth

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Ephesians 5 pivots from the theological foundation of the first three chapters into the practical shape of a gospel-formed life. Paul calls believers to imitate God, walking in love and light, and to live wisely in a dark age. The chapter culminates in one of Scripture’s most profou

References· Ephesians 5

a: v.1 — 1 John 4:11, 1 Peter 1:15-16, Ephesians 4:32, Matthew 5:48, Luke 6:35-36, Colossians 3:12, Leviticus 11:45, 1 John 3:1-2, John 1:12, Matthew 5:45
b: v.2 — John 13:34, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 3:14, 2 Corinthians 2:15, Matthew 20:28, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 Peter 2:21-24, Hebrews 7:25-27
c: v.3 — Colossians 3:5, Ephesians 5:5, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Ephesians 5:12, Matthew 15:19, 1 Corinthians 10:8
d: v.4 — Colossians 3:8, Ephesians 4:29, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Proverbs 15:2, James 3:4-8, Matthew 12:34-37, Ecclesiastes 10:13, Colossians 3:15-17, 2 Peter 2:18, Ephesians 5:19-20
e: v.5 — Galatians 5:21, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Revelation 22:15, Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5, Revelation 21:8, Galatians 5:19, Hebrews 13:4, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:17
f: v.6 — Romans 1:18, Matthew 24:4, Colossians 2:8, 1 John 4:1, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, Colossians 3:6, Galatians 6:7-8, Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:5, Jeremiah 29:8-9
g: v.7 — Revelation 18:4, 1 Timothy 5:22, Ephesians 5:11, Numbers 16:26, Psalms 50:18, Proverbs 1:10-17, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 9:6, Ephesians 3:6
h: v.8 — John 8:12, 1 John 1:7, John 12:46, Acts 26:18, Colossians 1:13, 1 Peter 2:9-11, Isaiah 42:6-7, Ephesians 4:18, John 12:36, Isaiah 9:2
i: v.9 — Galatians 5:22-23, 3 John 1:11, 1 John 3:9-10, Romans 15:14, Ephesians 6:14, 1 Timothy 6:11, Philippians 1:11, 1 Peter 2:24-25, Psalms 16:2-3, 1 John 2:29
j: v.10 — Romans 12:1-2, Psalms 19:14, Hebrews 12:28, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:20, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Proverbs 21:3, 1 Timothy 2:3, Romans 14:18, Philippians 1:10
k: v.11 — Romans 13:12, 1 Timothy 5:20, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 John 1:10-11, Romans 16:17, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Titus 2:15, Revelation 18:4, Psalms 1:1-2, Romans 6:21
l: v.12 — Ephesians 5:3, Romans 2:16, Jeremiah 23:24, Ecclesiastes 12:14, 2 Samuel 12:12, Proverbs 9:17, Romans 1:24-27, 1 Peter 4:3, Revelation 20:12, Luke 12:1-2
m: v.13 — John 3:20-21, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Hosea 2:10, Hosea 7:1, Micah 7:9, Lamentations 2:14, Hebrews 1:13
n: v.14 — Isaiah 60:1, Romans 13:11-12, Isaiah 26:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:6, Isaiah 52:1, 2 Corinthians 4:6, John 5:25-29, Colossians 3:1, John 9:5, Isaiah 51:17
o: v.15 — Colossians 4:5, James 3:13, Philippians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 14:20, Proverbs 14:8, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Peter 1:22, Matthew 10:16, Luke 24:25, 1 Thessalonians 5:15
p: v.16 — Colossians 4:5, Amos 5:13, John 12:35, Ecclesiastes 12:1, Ephesians 6:13, Galatians 6:10, Romans 13:11, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Psalms 37:19, 1 Corinthians 7:26
q: v.17 — Romans 12:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Colossians 1:9, Ephesians 5:15, 1 Peter 4:2, Jeremiah 4:22, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-3, Colossians 4:5, John 7:17, Psalms 111:10
r: v.18 — Luke 1:15, Proverbs 20:1, Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:21-25, Acts 11:24, Isaiah 5:22, 1 Corinthians 5:11, Proverbs 23:29-35, Luke 11:13, Isaiah 5:11-13
s: v.19 — Colossians 3:16, Psalms 95:2, 1 Corinthians 14:26, Acts 16:25, Psalms 147:7, James 5:13, Psalms 105:2-3, John 4:23-24, Psalms 62:8, Matthew 26:30
t: v.20 — Colossians 3:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Hebrews 13:15, Philippians 4:6, Ephesians 5:4, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Psalms 34:1, John 14:13-14, Isaiah 63:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:13
u: v.21 — Philippians 2:3, Ephesians 5:24, Ephesians 5:22, Hebrews 13:17, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Timothy 3:4, 1 Peter 2:17, Galatians 5:13, 1 Timothy 2:11, 1 Corinthians 16:16
v: v.22 — Colossians 3:18, 1 Peter 3:1-6, Titus 2:5, Genesis 3:16, Ephesians 5:22, Esther 1:20, 1 Timothy 2:11-12, Esther 1:16-18, 1 Corinthians 14:34
w: v.23 — 1 Corinthians 11:3-10, Colossians 1:18, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 5:25-26, Ephesians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 1:10
x: v.25 — 1 Peter 3:7, Colossians 3:19, Ephesians 5:28, Genesis 2:24, Ephesians 5:33, Ephesians 5:2, Galatians 1:4, Galatians 2:20, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 5:9
y: v.26 — Hebrews 10:22, John 15:3, Ezekiel 36:25, John 3:5, John 17:17-19, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Titus 3:5-7, 1 Peter 1:22-23, Ephesians 6:17, 1 John 5:6
z: v.27 — Colossians 1:22, Hebrews 9:14, 1 Peter 1:19, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 1:4, Song of Solomon 4:7, 2 Corinthians 4:14, Jude 1:24, 2 Peter 3:14, Colossians 1:28
aa: v.28 — Genesis 2:21-24, Ephesians 5:25, Matthew 19:5, Ephesians 5:33, Ephesians 5:31
ab: v.30 — 1 Corinthians 6:15, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Romans 12:5, Genesis 2:23, Ephesians 1:23, Colossians 2:19
ac: v.31 — Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7-8, 1 Corinthians 6:16
ad: v.32 — 2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 21:2, Isaiah 54:5, Revelation 19:7-8, Colossians 2:2, Isaiah 62:4-5, 1 Timothy 3:16, John 3:29, Song of Solomon 1:1-8, Psalms 45:9-17
ae: v.33 — 1 Peter 3:2-7, Esther 1:20, Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:22, Colossians 3:19, Ephesians 5:28-29, Hebrews 12:9, 1 Kings 1:31

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