Ephesians 5:7

Therefore be ye not like them.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

In Context

6Let no man deceive you with vain words; for it is on account of these things that the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.

8For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:11And have no commerce with the works of darkness which are unfruitful, but reprove them.

Revelation 18:4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Come ye out of her, my people; that ye may not participate in her sins, and may not partake 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 →

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