Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. New Living Translation Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. English Standard Version But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Berean Standard Bible But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Berean Literal Bible But let sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness not even be named among you, as also is proper to saints, King James Bible But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; New King James Version But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; New American Standard Bible But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints; NASB 1995 But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; NASB 1977 But do not let immorality or any impurity or greed even be named among you, as is proper among saints; Legacy Standard Bible But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; Amplified Bible But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith]. Christian Standard Bible But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints. Holman Christian Standard Bible But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints. American Standard Version But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; Contemporary English Version You are God's people, so don't let it be said that any of you are immoral or indecent or greedy. English Revised Version But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't let sexual sin, perversion of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you. This is not appropriate behavior for God's holy people. Good News Translation Since you are God's people, it is not right that any matters of sexual immorality or indecency or greed should even be mentioned among you. International Standard Version Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints. Majority Standard Bible But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. NET Bible But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. New Heart English Bible But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints; Webster's Bible Translation But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Weymouth New Testament But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people. World English Bible But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints; Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, do not let it even be named among you, as is proper to holy ones; Berean Literal Bible But let sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness not even be named among you, as also is proper to saints, Young's Literal Translation and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; Smith's Literal Translation And fornication, and all uncleanness, or overreaching, let it not be named with you, as becomes the holy; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints: Catholic Public Domain Version But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints, New American Bible Immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is fitting among holy ones, New Revised Standard Version But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut let not immorality or any uncleanness or covetousness be heard of among you, as becomes saints; Aramaic Bible in Plain English But fornication, all impurity and greed are not even to be named at all among you, as is appropriate for Holy Ones, NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBut lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints; Godbey New Testament But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints; Haweis New Testament But fornication and all impurity, or insatiable desire, let it not be mentioned among you, as becometh saints; Mace New Testament But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry, Weymouth New Testament But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people. Worrell New Testament But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints; Worsley New Testament But fornication, and all uncleanness, or inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Imitators of God…2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. 3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. 4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.… Cross References Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; ... Romans 13:13-14 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. / Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. 1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 1 Timothy 1:9-10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” Matthew 15:19-20 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. / These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.” Mark 7:21-23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.” Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. 2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery. Leviticus 18:20-30 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her. / You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. / You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. ... Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. Treasury of Scripture But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints; fornication. Ephesians 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Ephesians 4:19,20 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness… Numbers 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. covetousness. Ephesians 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Exodus 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. named. Ephesians 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. as. Romans 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; 1 Timothy 2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. Jump to Previous Acts Covetousness Desire Evil Fitting Flesh Fornication God's Greed Immorality Improper Impurity Kind Lewdness Mentioned Once Others Ought Proper Property Right Saints Sexual Unbridled Unclean UncleannessJump to Next Acts Covetousness Desire Evil Fitting Flesh Fornication God's Greed Immorality Improper Impurity Kind Lewdness Mentioned Once Others Ought Proper Property Right Saints Sexual Unbridled Unclean UncleannessEphesians 5 1. After general exhortations to love;3. to flee sexual immorality; 4. and all uncleanness; 7. not to converse with the wicked; 15. to walk carefully; 18. and to be filled with the Spirit; 22. he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands; 25. and husbands ought to love their wives, 32. even as Christ does his church. But among you This phrase sets a clear distinction between the behaviors expected of believers and those of the world. The Greek word "en" (ἐν) implies a sense of being within a community. Paul is addressing the church at Ephesus, emphasizing that the Christian community should be markedly different from the surrounding culture. Historically, Ephesus was a city known for its pagan practices, including the worship of Artemis, which often involved immoral acts. Thus, Paul is urging the believers to stand apart from such influences. as is proper among the saints there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality or of any kind of impurity or of greed (3) But fornication, and all uncleanness, or Christian light covetousness.--"Fornication" is closely joined (as in 2Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Colossians 3:5) with "uncleanness," of which general sin it is a flagrant species. It is distinguished (as also in Colossians 3:5) from "covetousness," or greediness. "Uncleanness" is a sin against our own body and soul (see 1Corinthians 6:18); "covetousness" (literally, the insatiable desire for more) is a sin against our neighbour. At the same time, the constant connection of the two words suggests the truth which is conveyed by the union of the two kinds of "coveting" in the Tenth Commandment, viz., that the temper of selfish and unbridled concupiscence has a two-fold direction--to the covetousness of lust, and to the covetousness of avarice--the one perhaps especially a vice of youth, and the other of old age. . . . Verses 3-21. - THE WALK SUITABLE TO THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT. Verse 3. - But. Another of the remarkable contrasts of this Epistle; the fumes of lust are doubly odious in contact with the sweet savor of Christ's offering. Fornication and all impurity, or covetousness. The combination of covetousness with sins of the flesh, occurring several times in the apostle's writings (1 Corinthians 5:11; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5), is rather unexpected. Πλεονεξία, covetousness, means the desire of having more, which is peculiarly true of sensual sins; but it is not coupled with them by a καὶ, but disjoined by an η}, indicating something of another class. In the mind of the apostle, sensuality was inseparable from greed, unnatural craving for more, dissatisfaction with what was enough; hence the neighborhood of the two vices. Let it not be even named among you, as becometh saints. The practice of such sins was out of the question; but even speaking of them, as matters of ordinary conversation, was unsuitable for saints; the very conversation of Christians must be pure. The exhortation bears on Christians in their social relations; had the apostle been treating of the duty of the individual, he would have urged that such sins should never be admitted even to the thoughts or the imagination.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. among ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. as καθὼς (kathōs) Adverb Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. is proper πρέπει (prepei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4241: It becomes, is fitting to, is right. Apparently a primary verb; to tower up, i.e. to be suitable or proper. among the saints, ἁγίοις (hagiois) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred. there must not be even a hint ὀνομαζέσθω (onomazesthō) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3687: From onoma; to name, i.e. Assign an appellation; by extension, to utter, mention, profess. of sexual immorality, Πορνεία (Porneia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4202: Fornication, whoredom; met: idolatry. From porneuo; harlotry; figuratively, idolatry. [or] καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. of any kind πᾶσα (pasa) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. of impurity, ἀκαθαρσία (akatharsia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 167: Uncleanness, impurity. From akathartos; impurity, physically or morally. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. of greed. πλεονεξία (pleonexia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4124: Covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. fraudulency, extortion. Links Ephesians 5:3 NIVEphesians 5:3 NLT Ephesians 5:3 ESV Ephesians 5:3 NASB Ephesians 5:3 KJV Ephesians 5:3 BibleApps.com Ephesians 5:3 Biblia Paralela Ephesians 5:3 Chinese Bible Ephesians 5:3 French Bible Ephesians 5:3 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Ephesians 5:3 But sexual immorality and all uncleanness (Ephes. Eph. Ep) |
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