KJV King James Version
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
WEB World English Bible
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
wherefore he saith, ‘Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.’
Surrounding context — Ephesians 5
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
πᾶνG3956 · pasallγὰρG1063 · garforτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoφανερούμενονG5319 · phaneroōto revealφῶςG5457 · phōslightἐστιν·G1510 · eimito beδιὸG1352 · diothereforeλέγει·G3004 · legōto sayἔγειρεG1453 · egeirōto ariseὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαθεύδωνG2518 · katheudōto sleepκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀνάσταG450 · anistēmito ariseἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoνεκρῶν,G3498 · nekrosdeadκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐπιφαύσειG2017 · epiphauskōto shine onσοιG4771 · suyouὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoΧριστός.¶G5547 · ChristosChrist
Cross-references
Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.Romans 13:11-12And 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.Isaiah 26:19Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.John 5:25-29Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.Colossians 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.John 9:5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, [and] wrung [them] out.Romans 6:4-5Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.Romans 6:13Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.2 Timothy 1:10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:Ephesians 2:5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)Acts 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.Ezekiel 37:4-10Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
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