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Ephesians 5:10

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Guidance and decisionsGod's will and callingFollowing Jesus

8 For 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;)

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

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Compare

BSB
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
KJV
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
WEB
proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
ASV
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
DARBY
proving what is agreeable to the Lord;
BLB
discerning what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
ÅB
idet dere prøver hva som er velbehagelig for Herren,
OTB
og prøv å lære hva som behager Herren.
B1930
idet I prøver hvad som er velbehagelig for Herren,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 12:1–2

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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  • Psalms 19:14

    Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

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  • Hebrews 12:28

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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  • 1 Peter 2:5

    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 Peter 2:20

    For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:21

    Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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  • Proverbs 21:3

    To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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  • Romans 14:18

    For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

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