Ephesians 5:11

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Summary

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

Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them.

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of injustice are their weapons.

Blessed is the man that does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, who creates toil under the guise of law?

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Forsake that which is foolish and live and go in the way of understanding.

I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor did I become puffed up by reason of thy prophecy; I sat alone because thou hast filled me with indignation.

And I beseech you, brethren, mark those who cause dissensions and offences outside of the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to associate with fornicators,

But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not that ye should be participants of demons.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship does righteousness have with unrighteousness? and what communion does light have with darkness?

Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks out of order, and not after the doctrine which ye received of us.

perverse disputings of men of corrupt understanding, and destitute of the truth, using piety as a source of gain: from such withdraw thyself.

having the appearance of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

If anyone comes unto you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house neither say unto him, Welcome:

And I heard another voice from the heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye not be partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Unfruitful

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

What fruit had ye then in those things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that sows in the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

Works

that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,

They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.

And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

The night is past, and the day is come; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us clothe ourselves with the weapons of light.

For those that sleep in the night, and those that are drunken are drunken in the night.

General references

the owl, the night hawk, the cuckow, and the hawk according to his species;

that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they do unto their gods, lest ye should sin against the LORD your God.

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

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,

Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

In the same manner thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them.