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# anything that becomes visible is light

"people can clearly see everything that comes into the light." The Bible often speaks of God's truth as if it were light that could reveal the character of something.

# Awake, you sleeper, and arise from the dead

Possible meanings are 1) Paul is addressing unbelievers who need to wake up from being dead spiritually just as a person who has died must come alive again in order to respond, or 2) Paul is addressing the Ephesian believers and using death as a metaphor for their spiritual weakness. (Isaiah 26:19, 51:17 and 52:1)

# the dead

All those who have died. This expression describes all dead people together in the underworld. To arise from among them speaks of becoming alive again.

# you sleeper ... shine on you

These instances of "you" refer to the "sleeper" and are singular.

# Christ will shine on you

Christ will enable an unbeliever to understand how evil his deeds are and how Christ will forgive him and give him new life, just as light shows what actually is there that darkness hid.
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# anything that becomes visible is light`

Update 'eph/05/14.md' 2023-08-21 16:02:42 +00:00			`"people can clearly see everything that comes into the light." The Bible often speaks of God's truth as if it were light that could reveal the character of something.`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# Awake, you sleeper, and arise from the dead`

Update 'eph/05/14.md' 2023-08-21 16:02:42 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) Paul is addressing unbelievers who need to wake up from being dead spiritually just as a person who has died must come alive again in order to respond, or 2) Paul is addressing the Ephesian believers and using death as a metaphor for their spiritual weakness. (Isaiah 26:19, 51:17 and 52:1)`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
tN issue 2135 2018-08-15 20:47:02 +00:00			`# the dead`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
tN issue 2135 2018-08-15 20:47:02 +00:00			`All those who have died. This expression describes all dead people together in the underworld. To arise from among them speaks of becoming alive again.`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# you sleeper ... shine on you`

Update 'eph/05/14.md' 2023-08-21 16:02:42 +00:00			`These instances of "you" refer to the "sleeper" and are singular.`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# Christ will shine on you`

Update 'eph/05/14.md' 2023-08-21 16:02:42 +00:00			`Christ will enable an unbeliever to understand how evil his deeds are and how Christ will forgive him and give him new life, just as light shows what actually is there that darkness hid.`