Ephesians 5:3

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

In Context

2even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.

4nor ribaldry, nor buffoonery, nor wanton jesting, which are not meet: but rather giving of thanks.

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Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:2-3

Cautions against Impurity. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Here we have the exhortation to mutual love, or to Christian charity. The apostle had been insisting on this in the former chapter, and particularly in the last verses of it, to which the particle therefore refers, and connects what he had said there with what is contained in these… Read the whole commentary →

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