Ephesians 5:14

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“So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.””

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“So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 5:14 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  2. Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.
  3. Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
  4. Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  5. Ezekiel 37:4And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
  6. Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
  7. John 5:25Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  8. John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  9. John 9:5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
  10. John 11:43After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
  11. Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  12. Romans 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
  13. Romans 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
  14. Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  15. 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
  16. 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  17. Ephesians 2:5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
  18. Colossians 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  19. 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
  20. 2 Timothy 1:10And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
  21. 2 Timothy 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

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