being a light
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14You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. 15And they do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that it may shine to all who are in the house. 16So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.
12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
16So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.
47For so has the Lord instructed us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
8For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.
9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
16Now no one, lighting a candle, covers it with a container, or sets it under a bed. Instead, he places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
14You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
5And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.
105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
23For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
15So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, 16holding to the Word of Life, until my glory in the day of Christ. For I have not run in vain, nor have I labored in vain.
6I, the Lord, have called you in justice, and I have taken your hand and preserved you. And I have presented you as a covenant of the people, as a light to the Gentiles,