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Ephesians 5:14

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14for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, oand rise up from the dead, p

and the Messiah will shine on you. qr

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Footnotes

  1. q5:14 This poem may have been an early Christian hymn based on several passages in Isaiah; Is 9:2; 26:19; 40:1; 51:17; 52:1; 60:1.

Cross references

  1. o5:14 Pr 6:4
  2. p5:14 Jn 5:25
  3. r5:14 Is 26:19; 51:17; 52:1; 60:1; Mal 4:2; Lk 1:78–79; Rm 13:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

“Awake, O sleeper,

and arise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,

rise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.

NLTNew Living Translation

for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,

“Awake, O sleeper,

rise up from the dead,

and Christ will give you light.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says,

Wake up, sleeper,

and rise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.