Acts 26:18

Paul's mission is to open eyes, turning people from darkness to light and from Satan's power to God, so they receive forgiveness and an inheritance through faith in Christ.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
• Eph 1:18having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• Acts 20:32Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
• Isa 42:7to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
• 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Col 1:12–14giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
• John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• Luke 1:79to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
• Eph 4:18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;
• 2 Cor 6:14Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
• 2 Cor 4:4in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
• Isa 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
• 1 Jn 3:8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
• 1 Th 5:4–8But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.
• 1 Cor 6:10–11nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
• Acts 2:38Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
• Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• 1 Jn 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
• 1 Jn 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Acts 13:47For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”
• Rev 21:27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
• Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
• 1 Jn 2:8–9Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
• Heb 11:6Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
• Heb 2:14–15Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
• John 3:19This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
• John 1:4–9In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
• John 9:5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
• 1 Pet 2:25For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• Isa 29:18In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
• Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
• Luke 1:77to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
• Heb 10:14For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
• 1 Jn 2:12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
• Isa 60:1–3“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
• Rev 20:2–3He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
• John 17:17Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
• 1 Pet 1:4to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

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