Ephesians 5:8-10

Walk in Love

⁸ for _b at one time you were _c darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. _d Walk as children of light ⁹ (for _e the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), ¹⁰ and _f try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

1. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:1 - 2
   And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 26:18
   To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 2:5
   O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
   Luke 16:8
   The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
   John 12:35 - 36
   So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
   
4. Cross References
   Galatians 5:22
   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
   Romans 7:4
   Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:4
   But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
   1 Thessalonians 5:21
   But test everything; hold fast what is good.