Ephesians 5:3

Ephesians 5:3

Walk in Love

1 Therefore^a be imitators of God as dear ^bchildren.

2 And ^awalk in love, ^bas Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God ^cfor a sweet-smelling aroma.

3 But fornication and all ^auncleanness or ^bcovetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

4 ^aneither filthiness, nor ^bfoolish talking, nor coarse jesting, ^cwhich are not fitting, but rather ^dgiving of thanks.

5 For¹ this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any ^ainheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

7 Therefore do not be ^apartakers with them.

Walk in Light

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are ^alight in the Lord. Walk as children of light

9 (for ^athe fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),

10 ^afinding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

11 And have ^ano fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather¹ expose them.

12 ^aFor it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

13 But ^aall things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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once named—Greek, "Let it not be even named" (Ephesians 5:4, Ephesians 5:12). "Uncleanness" and "covetousness" are taken up again from Ephesians 4:19. The two are so closely allied that the Greek for "covetousness" (pleonexia) is used sometimes in Scripture, and often in the Greek Fathers, for sins of impurity. The common principle is the longing to fill one's desire with material objects of sense, outside of God. The expression, "not be even named," applies better to impurity, than to "covetousness."

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