1 Thessalonians 5:5
1 Thessalonians · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”1 Thessalonians 5:5
What Does 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Mean?
1 Thessalonians 5:5 is found in the book of 1 Thessalonians, chapter 5, verse 5 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to 1 Thessalonians 5:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 5:14“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”Romans 13:11“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”Ephesians 5:8“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”Genesis 1:5“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”Romans 13:12“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”Acts 26:18“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”John 12:36“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.”Luke 16:8“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.”1 Thessalonians 5:8“But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.”Mark 13:33“Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.”John 12:35“Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.”Philippians 1:7“Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.”Isaiah 2:5“O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.”Acts 2:15“For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.”Leviticus 11:16“And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,”Proverbs 2:13“Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;”Isaiah 49:9“That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.”
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