Ephesians 5:8-18
1599 Geneva Bible
8 For ye were once darkness, but are now [a]light in the Lord: walk as children of light.
9 (For the fruit of the [b]Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.)
10 Approving that which is pleasing to the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but even [c]reprove them rather.
12 For it is shame even to speak of the things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things when they are reproved of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.
14 Wherefore [d]he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from the [e]dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 [f]Take heed therefore that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as (A)wise,
16 [g]Redeeming the season: for the [h]days are evil.
17 (B)Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 [i]And be not drunk with wine, wherein is [j]excess: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
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- Ephesians 5:8 The faithful are called light, both because they have the true light in them which lighteneth them, and also because they give light to others, insomuch, that their honest conversation reproveth the life of wicked men.
- Ephesians 5:9 By whose force we are made light in the Lord.
- Ephesians 5:11 Make them open to all the world, by your good life.
- Ephesians 5:14 The Scripture, or God in the Scripture.
- Ephesians 5:14 He speaketh of the death of sin.
- Ephesians 5:15 The worse and more corrupt that the manners of this world are, the more watchful ought we to be against all occasions, and respect nothing but the will of God.
- Ephesians 5:16 This is a metaphor taken from the merchants: who prefer the least profit that may be, before all their pleasures.
- Ephesians 5:16 The times are troublesome and sharp.
- Ephesians 5:18 He setteth the sober and holy assemblies of the faithful, against the dissolute bankers of the unfaithful, in which the praises of the only Lord must ring, be it in prosperity or adversity.
- Ephesians 5:18 All kind of riot, joined with all manner of filthiness and shamefulness.
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