36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become (A)sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and (B)was hidden from them.

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36 While you have the Light, (A)believe in the Light, so that you may become (B)sons of Light.”

These things Jesus proclaimed, and He went away and (C)hid Himself from them.

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36 While you have the Light, believe and trust in the Light [have faith in it, hold on to it, rely on it], so that you may become sons of Light [being filled with Light as followers of God].”

Jesus said these things, and then He left and hid Himself from them.

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36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(A) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(B)

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36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

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Walk in Light

For you were once darkness, but now you are (A)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

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for (A)you were once (B)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as (C)children of light

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For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

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For you were once(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(B)

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For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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You are all (A)sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

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for you are all (A)sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of (B)darkness;

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for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.

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You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

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Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than (A)the sons of light.

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And his [a]master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of (A)this age are more shrewd in relation to their own [b]kind than the (B)sons of light.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:8 Or lord
  2. Luke 16:8 Lit generation

And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].

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“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(A) are more shrewd(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(C)

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And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

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