Ephesians 5:7

Ephesians 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore do not be partners with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore do not become partners with them;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Context of Ephesians 5:7

5You know very well that no person who is involved in sexual sin, perversion, or greed (which means worshiping wealth) can have any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6Don’t let anyone deceive you with meaningless words. It is because of sins like these that God’s anger comes to those who refuse to obey him. Don’t be partners with them. 8Once you lived in the dark, but now the Lord has filled you with light. Live as children who have light. 9Light produces everything that is good, that has God’s approval, and that is true.

Ephesians 5:7 word by word

μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• notμήmē · notG3361
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• partakersσυμμέτοχοςsummetochos · sharerG4830
• with themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Ephesians 5:7

• Ephesians 5:11Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.
• Numbers 16:26He said to the community, “Move away from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you’ll be swept away because of all their sins.”
• Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery.
• Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners lure you, do not go along.
• Proverbs 9:6Stop being gullible and live. Start traveling the road to understanding.”
• Proverbs 13:20Whoever walks with wise people will be wise, but whoever associates with fools will suffer.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Don’t be in a hurry to place your hands on anyone ⌞to ordain him⌟. Don’t participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure.
• Revelation 18:4I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of Babylon, my people, so that you do not participate in her sins and suffer from any of her plagues.

Commentaries on Ephesians 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Be not ye therefore partakers with them - Do not act as your fellow citizens do; nor suffer their philosophy, to it in vain words, , with empty and illusive doctrines, to lead you astray from the path of truth. That there was much need for such directions and cautions to the people of Ephesus has been often remarked. It appears, from Athenaeus, that these people were addicted to luxury, effeminacy etc. He tells us that the famous Aspasia, who was herself…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Be not ye therefore partakers with them - Since these things displease God and expose to his wrath, avoid them.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-14Verses 3-14 Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against gross acts of sin, but against what some may make light of. But these things are so far from being profitable. that they pollute and poison the hearers. Our cheerfulness should show itself as becomes Christians, in what may tend to God's glory. A covetous man makes a god of his money; places that hope, confidence, and delight, in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7do not be partakers: Compare 2 Corinthians 6:14–7:1.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Here fellowship with wicked workers is forbidden; in Ep 5:11, with their wicked works.Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 5:7

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In the dictionaries

• Arise
• Awake
• Dear
• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Fellowship
• Flesh
• Fruit
• Light
• Melody
• Redeem

Commentaries on Ephesians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings