en_tn_condensed/eph/05/08.md

For you were once darkness

Just as one cannot see in the dark, so people who love to sin lack spiritual understanding. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

but now you are light in the Lord

Just as one can see in the light, so people whom God has saved understand how to please God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Walk as children of light

Walking on a path is a metaphor for how a person lives his life. Alternate translation: "Live as people who understand what the Lord wants them to do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)