John 12:36

12:36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” ¹  When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

Ephesians 5:8

5:8 for you were at one time darkness, but now you are ²  light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

Ephesians 5:1

Live in Love

5:1 Therefore, be ³  imitators of God as dearly loved children

Ephesians 5:5

5:5 For you can be confident of this one thing: ⁴  that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Ephesians 5:1

Live in Love

5:1 Therefore, be ⁵  imitators of God as dearly loved children

Ephesians 2:9

2:9 it is not from ⁶  works, so that no one can boast. ⁷ 

Ephesians 2:1

New Life Individually

2:1 And although you were ⁸  dead ⁹  in your transgressions and sins,

Ephesians 3:10

3:10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that ¹⁰  through the church the multifaceted wisdom ¹¹  of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

[12:36]  ¹ tn The idiom “sons of light” means essentially “people characterized by light,” that is, “people of God.”

[5:8]  ² tn The verb “you are” is implied in the Greek text, but is supplied in the English translation to make it clear.

[5:1]  ³ tn Or “become.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “be knowing this.” See also 2 Pet 1:20 for a similar phrase: τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες (touto prwton ginwskonte").

[5:1]  ⁵ tn Or “become.”

[2:9]  ⁶ tn Or “not as a result of.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “lest anyone should boast.”

[2:1]  ⁸ tn The adverbial participle “being” (ὄντας, ontas) is taken concessively.

[2:1]  ⁹ sn Chapter 2 starts off with a participle, although you were dead, that is left dangling. The syntax in Greek for vv. 1-3 constitutes one incomplete sentence, though it seems to have been done intentionally. The dangling participle leaves the readers in suspense while they wait for the solution (in v. 4) to their spiritual dilemma.

[3:10]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “that.” Verse 10 is a subordinate clause to the verb “enlighten” in v. 9.

[3:10]  ¹¹ tn Or “manifold wisdom,” “wisdom in its rich variety.”