 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - Presbyterian Church - 1798 - 420 pages
...knowledge, and darknefs fignifies ignorance,—— as in Eph. v. 8. ' Ye were fometimes darknefs, '- but now are ye light in the Lord ; walk as ' children of light.' Acts xxvi. 18. ' To turn ' them from darknefs unto light, and from the ' power of Satan . unto God.'... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...?'' But prove the superior excellency of your knowledge by the superior excellency of your conduct ; "for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light...as children of 'light, proving what is acceptable unto the Lord." Believers are appointed to be the lights of the world, and much of their duty is comprehended... | |
 | David Culy - 1800 - 270 pages
...verified in its experiencfe, it embraces truth with joy, and looks to Jesus with gladness of heart. And ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord ; walk as children of the light. Men in vain attempt to set their affections upon divine things, before their understanding... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...always designed to denote what is exclusively true of believers. Hence said Paul to the Eph. v. 8. for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord. They are said, accordingly, to be all children of the light and of the day. They are farther... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are^ ye 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... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 606 pages
...knowledge, and darknefs fignifies ignorance — as in Eph. v. 8. " Ye were fometimes " darknefs, but now are ye light in the Lord, walk as " children of light." Acts xxvi. 18. "To turn them " from darknefs unto light, and from the power of Satan " unto God.''... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye 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... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1806 - 686 pages
...children of difobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them; for ye were fometimes darknefs, but now are ye light in the Lord : walk as children of light ; (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodnefs, and righteoufnefs, and truth) proving what is acceptable... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 pages
...light of the Lord; and St. Paul adopts the style, and says to the Ephesians, who had been idolaters, Ye were sometimes darkness ; but now are ye light in the Lord ; walk as children of light.* The prophet Isaiah was not singular in his notion. Another prophet says, JEHOVAH will famish all the... | |
 | Georg Joachim Zollikofer - Dignity - 1807 - 682 pages
...begin to enjoy the advantages of our proficiency. As the apoflle in our text fays to the chriftians : " Now are ye light in the Lord : walk as children of light :" as chriftians ye are brought to the knowledge of truth, think and live as perfons who know the truth... | |
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For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light... 
