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Ephesians 5:8-20

8foryewereG1510onceποτεpoteG4218darknessσκότοςskotosG4655,butareG1510nowG1161lightφῶςphōsG5457intheLordκυρίῳ·kuriōG2962:walkπεριπατεῖτε,peripateiteG4043aschildrenG5043oflightφωτὸςphōtosG5457

9(forthefruitκαρπὸςkarposG2590ofthelightφωτὸςphōtosG5457isinallgoodnessἀγαθωσύνῃagathōsunēG19andrighteousnessδικαιοσύνῃdikaiosunēG1343andtruthἀληθείᾳ,alētheiaG225),

10provingwhatisG1510well-pleasingG2101untotheLordκυρίῳ.kuriōG2962;

11andhavenofellowshipwiththeunfruitfulἀκάρποιςakarpoisG175worksἔργοιςergoisG2041ofdarknessσκότους,skotousG4655,butratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123evenG2532reprovethem;

12forthethingswhichareG1510donebytheminsecretitisG1510ashameevenκαὶkaiG2532tospeakG3004of.

13ButallthingsG3956whentheyareG1510reprovedareG1510madeG5319manifestG5319bythelightφωτὸςphōtosG5457:foreverythingπάνταpantaG3956thatisG1510madeG5319manifestG5319isG1510lightG5457.

14Whereforehesaith,Awake, thouthatsleepest,andariseG1453fromthedeadνεκρῶν,nekrōnG3498,andChristΧριστός.¶ChristosG5547shallshineuponthee.

15LookG991thereforeοὖνounG3767carefullyἀκριβῶςakribōsG199howπῶςpōsG4459yewalkπεριπατεῖτεperipateiteG4043,notasunwise,butaswiseσοφοί,sophoiG4680;

16redeemingthetimeκαιρόν,kaironG2540,becausethedaysἡμέραιhēmeraiG2250areG1510evilπονηραίponēraiG4190.

17Whereforebeyenotfoolishἄφρονες,aphronesG878,butunderstandσυνίετεsunieteG4920whatthewilloftheLordκυρίου.kuriouG2962is.

18AndbeG1510notdrunkenwithwineοἴνῳ,oinōG3631, whereinisG1510riot,butbeG1510filledπληροῦσθεplēroustheG4137withtheSpiritπνεύματιpneumatiG4151;

19speakingλαλοῦντεςlalountesG2980onetoanotherinpsalmsψαλμοῖςpsalmoisG5568andhymnsὕμνοιςhumnoisG5215andspiritualπνευματικαῖς,pneumatikaisG4152songsᾠδαῖςōdaisG5603,singingᾄδοντεςadontesG103andmakingmelodywithyourheartκαρδίᾳkardiaG2588totheLordκυρίῳ,kuriōG2962;

20givingG2168thanksεὐχαριστοῦντεςeucharistountesG2168alwaysG3842forallthingsπάντωνpantōnG3956inthenameὀνόματιonomatiG3686ofourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547toGodθεῷtheōG2316,evenG2532theFatherπατρί·patriG3962;

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