Acts 26:18

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

“And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city, having been instructed at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today,

“But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets;

and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.

in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

so that you—the eyes of your heart having been enlightened—will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

And do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even expose them.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief,

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;

But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;