Ephesians 5:14
Good News Translation
for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, "Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you."

New Revised Standard Version
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Contemporary English Version
Light shows up everything, just as the Scriptures say, "Wake up from your sleep and rise from death. Then Christ will shine on you."

New American Bible
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

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Isaiah 51:17 Arise, arise, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunk even to the bottom of the cup of dead sleep, and thou hast drunk even to the dregs.

Isaiah 52:1 Arise, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion, put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One: for henceforth the uncircumcised, and unclean shall no more pass through thee.

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

Romans 13:11,12 And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak it to your shame.

1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do: but let us watch, and be sober.

2 Timothy 2:26 And they may recover themselves from the snares of the devil by whom they are held captive at his will.

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Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved)

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

Ezekiel 37:4-10 And he said to me: Prophesy concerning these bones; and say to them: Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. . . .

John 5:25-29 Amen, amen, I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. . . .

John 11:43,44 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. . . .

Romans 6:4,5,13 For we are buried together with him by baptism into death: that, as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. . . .

Colossians 3:1 Therefore if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

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John 8:12 Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

Acts 13:47 For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have set thee to be the light of the Gentiles: that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of the earth.

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the illumination of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath destroyed death and hath brought to light life and incorruption by the gospel.

Context
Children of Light
13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for all that is made manifest is light. 14Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee. 15See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,…
Cross References
Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

Isaiah 51:17
Arise, arise, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunk even to the bottom of the cup of dead sleep, and thou hast drunk even to the dregs.

Isaiah 52:1
Arise, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion, put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One: for henceforth the uncircumcised, and unclean shall no more pass through thee.

Isaiah 60:1
Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

Luke 1:78
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

Luke 15:24
Because this my son was dead and is come to life again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 2:1
And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins,

Ephesians 5:13
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