Ephesians 5:16
Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
In Context
15Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,
17Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.
Cross References
Psalms 37:19They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.
Ecclesiastes 11:2Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.
Daniel 2:8Then the King answered, and sayd, I knowe certeinly that ye would gaine the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
Matthew 25:17Likewise also, he that receiued two, he also gained other two.
Acts 11:28And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which also came to passe vnder Claudius Cesar.
1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.
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 →