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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.  
14 Therefore He says:
a“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”  

Walk in Wisdom

15 aSee then that you walk1 circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,  
16 aredeeming the time, bbecause the days are evil.  
17 aTherefore do not be unwise, but bunderstand cwhat the will of the Lord is.  
18 And ado not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,  
19 speaking to one another ain psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making bmelody in your heart to the Lord,  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ephesians 5:13

that are reproved—rather, "when they are reproved," namely, by you (Ephesians 5:11).

whatsoever doth make manifest—rather, "everything that is (that is, suffers itself to be) made manifest (or 'shone upon,' namely, by your 'reproving,' Ephesians 5:11) is (thenceforth no longer 'darkness,' Ephesians 5:8, but) light." The devil and the wicked will not suffer themselves to be made manifest by the light, but love darkness, though outwardly the light shines round them. Therefore, "light" has no transforming effect on them, so that they do not become light (John 3:19-20). But, says the apostle, you being now light yourselves (Ephesians 5:8), by bringing to light through reproof those who are in darkness, will convert them to light. Your consistent lives and faithful reproofs will be your "armor of light" (Romans 13:12) in making an inroad on the kingdom of darkness.




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