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

Do not be partakers with them.

Simeon and Levi are brothers. They use their weapons to commit violence.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers.

I do not sit with deceitful men, and I will not be found among hypocrites.

Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law).

Do not enter the path of the wicked. Do not walk in the way of evil men.

Forsake the foolish, and live. Travel in the way of understanding.

I did not spend my time with other people laughing and having a good time. In obedience to your orders I stayed by myself and was filled with anger.

Now I beseech you, brothers, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine you have learned and avoid them.

I wrote in a letter to you not to keep company with fornicators.

But I say, that the things that the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what communion does light have with darkness?

Our friends, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to keep away from all believers who walk disorderly and who do not follow the instructions that we gave them.

frictions between men corrupted in mind and lacking in truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Stay away from people like this!

Do not receive anyone into your house who comes to you and does not bring this teaching. Give him no greeting!

I heard another voice from heaven, say: Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues!

Unfruitful

Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.

Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor.

You are now ashamed of the fruit you had at that time. For the results of these things is death.

He that sows to his own flesh will harvest corruption of the flesh. But he that sows to the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

Works

You put away your former way (course) (behavior) (conversation) of life, the old self that was corrupt with the lusts of deceit.

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

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

They that sleep do so in the night. They that get drunk are drunk in the night.

General references

ostriches, nighthawks, seagulls, all types of falcons,

Otherwise, they will teach you to do all the disgusting things they do for their gods. You will sin against Jehovah your God.

My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent.

Avoid it! Do not pass by it. Turn away from it, and pass on!

Keep far away from her. Do not go near the door of her house.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive that he does not have lips of knowledge.

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

Do not be partakers with them.