Ephesians 5:3

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

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But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

In Context

2And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

4And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

Exodus 23:13Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

Numbers 25:1Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:

Joshua 7:21When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.

Psalms 10:3For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

Proverbs 28:16The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

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 →

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