Ephesians 5:12
For the things done in secret by them it is a shame even to speak of.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
In Context
11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Jeremiah 23:24Can any one hide himself in secret places, So that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah; Do I nor fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
Romans 1:24Wherefore God also gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to debase their bodies with one another;
Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,
Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works.
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 →