Ephesians 5:12
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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Compare
- BSB
- For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
- KJV
- For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
- WEB
- For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
- ASV
- for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
- DARBY
- for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.
- BLB
- For it is shameful even to speak [of] the things being done by them in secret.
- ÅB
- For det som lønnlig drives av dem, er skammelig endog å si;
- OTB
- for det er skammelig selv å nevne hva de ulydige gjør i hemmelighet.
- B1930
- For det som lønnlig drives av dem, er skammelig endog å si;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Read in contextRomans 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:12
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Read in context1 Peter 4:3
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Read in contextRevelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Read in contextRomans 1:24–27
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
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