Ephesians 5:7
Be ye not therefore partakers with them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
In Context
8For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.
Cross References
Numbers 16:26He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be involved in their sins.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.
Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Revelation 18:4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.
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 →