Ephesians 5:8-17

8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light  —

9for the fruit of the light consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth  —

10testing what is pleasing to the Lord.

11Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

12For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

13Everything exposed by the light is made visible,

14for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk — not as unwise people but as wise —

16making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

17So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.