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Friday, October 25, 2013

Christ Shall Give You Light (Ephesians 5:5-14)The Living Bible & Good News Translations

THE LIVING BIBLE TRANSLATION
5    You can be sure of this: The Kingdom of Christ and of God will never belong to anyone who is impure or greedy, for a greedy person is really an idol worshiper—he loves and worships the good things of this life more than God. 
6    Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible wrath of God is upon all those who do them. 
7    Don’t even associate with such people. 
8    For though once your heart was full of darkness, now it is full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it! 
9    Because of this light within you, you should do only what is good and right and true.
10  Learn as you go along what pleases the Lord.
11  Take no part in the worthless pleasures of evil and darkness, but instead, rebuke and expose them.
12  It would be shameful even to mention here those pleasures of darkness that the ungodly do. 
13  But when you expose them, the light shines in upon their sin and shows it up, and when they see how wrong they really are, some of them may even become children of light! 
14  That is why God says in the Scriptures, “Awake, O sleeper, and rise up from the dead; and Christ shall give you light.”

GOOD NEWS TRANSLATION
5    You may be sure that no one who is immoral, indecent, or greedy (for greed is a form of idolatry) will ever receive a share in the Kingdom of Christ and of God.
6    Do not let anyone deceive you with foolish words; it is because of these very things that God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him. 
7    So have nothing at all to do with such people. 
8    You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light, 
9    for it is the light that brings a rich harvest of every kind of goodness, righteousness, and truth. 
10  Try to learn what pleases the Lord. 
11  Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. 
(12  It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.) 
13   And when all things are brought out to the light, then their true nature is clearly revealed; 
14   for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, “Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”

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