Ephesians 5:11

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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 be partakers with them;

“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Their swords are implements of violence.

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the

path of sinners,

Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

I do not sit with deceitful men,
Nor will I go with

pretenders.

Can a

throne of destruction be allied with You,

One which devises mischief by decree?

Do not enter the path of the wicked

And do not proceed in the way of evil men.

“Forsake your folly and live,
And proceed in the way of understanding.”

I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers,
Nor did I exult.
Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone,
For You filled me with indignation.

Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.

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

No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you

keep away from every brother who leads an

unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

holding to a form of

godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.

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

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;

Unfruitful

“So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way
And be satiated with their own devices.

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

Therefore what

benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome 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

that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.

General references

and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind,

so that they may not teach you to do according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would sin against the Lord your God.

My son, if sinners entice you,

Do not consent.

Avoid it, do not pass by 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,
Or you will not discern words of knowledge.

Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”

Therefore do not be partakers with them;