Ephesians 5:12

for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

11Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;

13But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.

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Cross References

Romans 1:24For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings, God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour their bodies among themselves with impurity.

Ephesians 5:3But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing in front of the throne. And books were opened; and so was another book--namely, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged by the things recorded in the books in accordance with what their conduct had been.

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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