Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ephesians 5:14 in context
Ephesians 5:11–17
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Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
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For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
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But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
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Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
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redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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