Ephesians 5:3

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Young's Literal Translation

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

2and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

4also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21'And thou — thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed [these] over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

Exodus 23:13and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.

Numbers 25:1And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

Joshua 7:21and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight [is] fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they [are] hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.'

Psalms 10:3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

Proverbs 28:16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

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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