Ephesians 5:8-13

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. ¹¹ _g Take no part in the _h unfruitful _i works of darkness, but instead _j expose them. ¹² For _k it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. ¹³ But when _l anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

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.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 5:9
   I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people -
   
7. Cross References
   Romans 6:21
   But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
   
8. Cross References
   Romans 13:12
   The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
   
9. Cross References
   Leviticus 19:17
   You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
   1 Timothy 5:20
   As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
   
10. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:3
    But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
    
11. Cross References
    John 3:20 - 21
    For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
    Ephesians 5:9
    (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true).