Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
18And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit;—
Cross References
Psalms 62:8Trust ye in him all ye assembly of the people, Pour out, before him, your heart, God, is a refuge for us. [Selah.]
Psalms 95:2O let us come before his face with thanksgiving, With the sounds of strings, let us shout aloud to him.
Psalms 147:7Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre.
Matthew 15:8This people, with the lips, do, honour, me, while, their heart, far off, holdeth from me;
John 4:23But there cometh an hour, and, now, is,—when, the real worshippers, shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for, even the Father, is seeking, such as these, as his worshippers.
1 Corinthians 14:26What, then, is it, brethren? Whensoever ye are coming together, each one, hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath a translation:—let, all things, be done, unto building up.
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 →