Ephesians 5:14
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- KJV
- Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
- WEB
- Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- ASV
- Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
- DARBY
- Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
- BLB
- Therefore it says: “Awake you, the one sleeping, and rise up out from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you.”
- ÅB
- Derfor sier Skriften: Våkn opp, du som sover, og stå opp fra de døde, og Kristus skal lyse for deg.
- OTB
- Derfor sies det:
“Våkn opp, du som sover,
Og stå opp fra de døde,
for Kristi lys vil skinne på deg.” - B1930
- Derfor sier Skriften: Våkn op, du som sover, og stå op fra de døde, og Kristus skal lyse for dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Read in contextRomans 13:11–12
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:19
Thy 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.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Read in contextIsaiah 52:1
Awake, 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.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:6
For 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.
Read in contextJohn 5:25–29
Verily, 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.
Read in contextColossians 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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