1st Thessalonians Chapter 5 verse 5 Holy Bible
for ye are all 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 sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.
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for all *ye* are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of 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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You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
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all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Ye are all the children of the light, and the children of the day. Hebraistic expressions denoting, Ye all belong to the light and to the day. An affirmation, strengthening the previous declaration. The light and the day are synonymous expressions - the day being the period of light, as opposed to the night and darkness. We are not of the night, nor of darkness; rendering the positive assertion more emphatic.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Ye are all.--St. Paul recognises no exceptions, no inner distinctions, among the members of the Church: all stand alike so far as grace, privileges, and duties are concerned. The following exhortation shows that it was a matter of each man's free will whether he would sustain his character as a "child of light" or not.Children of light.--The expression is an enthusiastic Hebrew poetical turn for intimate vital connection with anything; thus, e.g., "children of this world" (Luke 16:8; Luke 20:34) = "mere products of this age," with a family likeness for other worldly people; "the son of peace" (Luke 10:6)=a person with whom peace has a natural affinity, to whom the "peace" pronounced will cleave naturally. So "children of the light" are persons to whom darkness is an alien thing, whose natures have a kinship, an intuitive responsiveness for whatever may be called "light." To such persons the "light," the "day," can never come as an unwelcome, startling apparition.We.--Notice St. Paul's courtesy again: he suddenly includes himself in his exhortation.