23 Bible Verses About Being the Light

In the Bible, believers are light because they have received it. Jesus calls himself “the light of the world” (John 8:12) and uses the same words of his disciples (Matthew 5:14), and Paul tells the Ephesians they “are light in the Lord” (Ephesians 5:8). The light given to believers shows itself in good deeds others can see (Matthew 5:16), in blameless conduct in “a warped and crooked generation” (Philippians 2:14-15), in carrying the message to the Gentiles (Acts 13:47), and…