Ephesians 5:16
14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
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Compare
- BSB
- redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- KJV
- Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- WEB
- redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- ASV
- redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- DARBY
- redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- BLB
- redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- ÅB
- så dere kjøper den beleilige tid; for dagene er onde.
- OTB
- og utnytt enhver mulighet, fordi tidene er utfordrende.
- B1930
- så I kjøper den beleilige tid; for dagene er onde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 4:5
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
Read in contextAmos 5:13
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Read in contextJohn 12:35
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
Read in contextEphesians 6:13
Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
Read in contextGalatians 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
Read in contextRomans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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