Ephesians 5:11

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Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

No

Unfruitful

Works

General references

Bible References

No

Therefore do not become partners with them;

"Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.

Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?

Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.

Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight."

I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation.

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people--

No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;

Unfruitful

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.

Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Works

to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.

General references

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,

that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you sin against the LORD your God.

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.

Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.

Therefore do not become partners with them;