Ephesians 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4also indecency, and foolish talking or jesting, things not befitting, but thankfulness instead.
Cross References
Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,
Exodus 23:13And in all things that I have said to you take ye heed, and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Numbers 25:1And Israel abode in Shittim. And the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab,
Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylon mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. And, behold, they are hid in the ground in the midst of my tent
Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, [yea], despises LORD.
Proverbs 28:16The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, [but] he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:2-3
Cautions against Impurity. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Here we have the exhortation to mutual love, or to Christian charity. The apostle had been insisting on this in the former chapter, and particularly in the last verses of it, to which the particle therefore refers, and connects what he had said there with what is contained in these… Read the whole commentary →