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Ephesians 5:8-14 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 5 · verses 8–14 · King James Version
8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.Ephesians 5:8-14 · King James Version
Ephesians 5:8-14 in context
6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Cross references
- John 8:12
- 1 John 1:7
- John 12:46
- Acts 26:18
- Colossians 1:13
- 1 Peter 2:9-11
- Isaiah 42:6-7
- Ephesians 4:18
- Galatians 5:22-23
- 3 John 1:11
- 1 John 3:9-10
- Romans 12:1-2
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- acceptableeuarestoswell pleasing, acceptableG2101 →
- fellowshipsygkoinōneōto become a partaker together with others, or to have fellowship with a thingG4790 →
- unfruitfulakarposmetaph. without fruit, barren, not yielding what it ought to yieldG175 →
- whatsoeverpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- sometimespoteonceG4218 →
- darknessskotosdarkness, of night darkness, of darkened eyesight or blindness, metaph., of ignorance…G4655 →
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
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