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Ye are all
In the text γὰρ for should be inserted after πάντες all. Ye are not in darkness for ye are sons of light.
Children of light (υἱοὶ φωτός)
More correctly, sons of light. See on Mar 3:17, and comp. Luk 16:8; Joh 12:36; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12. The Christian condition is habitually associated in N.T. with light: see Mat 5:14, Mat 5:16; Joh 3:21; Joh 8:12; Act 26:18; 1Pe 2:9; 1Jo 1:7. The contrary condition with darkness: see Joh 3:19, Joh 3:20; Eph 5:8; 1Pe 2:9; Mat 4:16; Mat 6:23, etc.
Of the night - of darkness (νυκτὸς - σκότους)
The genitive marks an advance of thought from ἐν σκότει in darkness, 1Th 5:4. Ἑν indicates the element in which one is. The genitive, of darkness, points to nature and origin. To belong to darkness is more than to be in darkness.