Ephesians 5:8 makes an interesting statement: "You were formerly darkness."
This is not a warning against doing the "deeds of darkness," as v.11 does. Verse 8 is a statement of identity, who we formerly were: darkness itself.
Milton captures the idea in the speech he puts in satan's mouth when he recognizes the reality of his fall:
"Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair ? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell..."
