Ephesians 5:9
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- KJV
- (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
- WEB
- for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
- ASV
- (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
- DARBY
- (for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)
- BLB
- for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth—
- ÅB
- for lysets frukt viser seg i all godhet og rettferdighet og sannhet -
- OTB
- (for lysets frukt finnes i alt som er godt, rettferdig, og sant),
- B1930
- for lysets frukt viser sig i all godhet og rettferdighet og sannhet -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 5:22–23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Read in context3 John 1:11
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Read in context1 John 3:9–10
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Read in contextRomans 15:14
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Read in contextEphesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Read in context1 Timothy 6:11
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:11
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Read in contextPsalms 16:2–3
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
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