You are a child of light, having the light of life, and shining your good works in the darkness.

“You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.” (1Thes 5:5)

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” (Eph 5:8)

“I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (Jn 8:12)

“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Col 1:13)

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.” (Matt 5:14)

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matt 5:16)

“And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” (Jn 3:19)

“I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.” (Jn 12:46)

“But you are a chosen [elektos] generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1Pet 2:9)

“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2Cor 4:6)

“to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.” (Acts 26:18)

“Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” (Rom 13:12)

“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.” (Eph 2:1-3)

“Do not love [agapao] the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.” (1Jn 2:15-16)

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed [metamorphousthe] by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Rom 12:2)

Reading: Dan 6-8; 1Thes 5