Ephesians 5:13
New King James Version
13 But (A)all things that are [a]exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
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- Ephesians 5:13 reproved
Ephesians 5:13
New American Standard Bible
13 But all things become visible (A)when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
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Ephesians 5:13
Amplified Bible
13 But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light [of God’s precepts], for [a]it is light that makes everything visible.
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- Ephesians 5:13 Paul, who was privileged to study under the brilliant Gamaliel (Acts 22:3), is probably speaking from the viewpoint of ancient Greek science. Even the philosopher Plato maintained that vision essentially is the process of light forming an image of an object it touches and conveying that image to the eyes. So Paul may mean that what is actually seen is an image composed of light (like the photographic process), and since light is always reliable and its physical properties are constant, nothing exposed to light escapes being revealed. Spiritually speaking, to the extent that a believer functions as Light (v 8), he will expose the sins of unbelievers simply by his presence, just as it is the nature of light to expose whatever it touches.
Ephesians 5:13
New International Version
13 But everything exposed by the light(A) becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
Ephesians 5:13
King James Version
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
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John 1:7
New King James Version
7 This man came for a (A)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (B)believe.
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John 1:7
Amplified Bible
7 This man came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe [in Christ, the Light] through him.
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John 1:7
New International Version
7 He came as a witness to testify(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(B)
John 1:7
King James Version
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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John 1:9
New King James Version
9 (A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
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- John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
John 1:9
Amplified Bible
9 There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.(A)
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John 1:9
New International Version
John 1:9
King James Version
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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John 3:21
New King James Version
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been (A)done in God.”
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John 3:21
New American Standard Bible
21 But the one who (A)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed [a]as having been performed in God.”
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- John 3:21 Lit that they have been
John 3:21
Amplified Bible
21 But whoever practices truth [and does what is right—morally, ethically, spiritually] comes to the Light, so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are—accomplished in God [divinely prompted, done with God’s help, in dependence on Him].”
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John 3:21
New International Version
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
John 3:21
King James Version
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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