Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
In Context
10Proving what is well pleasing to God:
12For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
Cross References
Genesis 20:16And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.
Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.
Job 24:16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.
Psalms 141:5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
Proverbs 4:14Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:4-21
Preservatives from Impurity; Cautions and Admonitions. ( a. d. 61.) 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things… Read the whole commentary →