en_tn_condensed/1th/05/05.md

For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day

Paul speaks of the truth as if it were light and day. Alternate translation: "For you know the truth, like people who live in the light, like people during the day" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

We are not sons of the night or the darkness

Paul speaks of evil and ignorance about God as if they were darkness. Alternate translation: We are not unknowing, like people who live in the darkness, like people at night" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)