# For you were once darkness

Just as one cannot see in the dark, so people who love to sin lack spiritual understanding. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# but now you are light in the Lord

Just as one can see in the light, so people whom God has saved understand how to please God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# Walk as children of light

Walking on a path is a metaphor for how a person lives his life. Alternate translation: "Live as people who understand what the Lord wants them to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])