Children of Light
Ephesians 5:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- KJV
- (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
- WEB
- for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
- ASV
- (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
- LSV
- for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
- YLT
- for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
- DBY
- (for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)
- DRC
- For the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and justice, and truth;
- GNV
- (For the fruit of the Spirit is in al goodnes, and righteousnes, and trueth)
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read φωτὸς (“light [is]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πνεύματος (“spirit”).
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- SBLGNT: φωτὸς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read φωτὸς; Robinson–Pierpont read πνεύματος.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ φωτὸς ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ,
- RP2018
- ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ-
- TR-Boyd
- ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ —
- SCR1894
- ο γαρ καρπος του πνευματος εν παση αγαθωσυνη και δικαιοσυνη και αληθεια
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- Galatians 5:22–23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
- 1 John 3:9–10Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil:…
- Romans 15:14I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
- Ephesians 6:14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
- 1 Timothy 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Psalms 16:2–3I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.” As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
- 1 Peter 2:24–25He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.” For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the…
- Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- 1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- Hebrews 11:33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
- Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- Hebrews 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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