New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 5:9-16

9(for 1the fruit of the Light consists in all 2goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 3 4trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 5Do not participate in the unfruitful 6deeds of 7darkness, but instead even 8 9expose them; 12for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. 13But all things become visible 10when they are 11exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. 14For this reason 12it says, “13Awake, sleeper, And arise from 14the dead, And Christ 15will shine on you.”

15Therefore 16be careful how you 17walk, not 18as unwise men but as wise, 16 19 20making the most of your time, because 21the days are evil.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 5:9 Gal 5:22 ↩
2. Ephesians 5:9 Rom 15:14 ↩
3. Ephesians 5:10 Lit proving what ↩
4. Ephesians 5:10 Rom 12:2 ↩
5. Ephesians 5:11 1 Cor 5:9; 2 Cor 6:14 ↩
6. Ephesians 5:11 Rom 13:12 ↩
7. Ephesians 5:11 Acts 26:18; Col 1:12f ↩
8. Ephesians 5:11 Or reprove ↩
9. Ephesians 5:11 1 Tim 5:20 ↩
10. Ephesians 5:13 John 3:20f ↩
11. Ephesians 5:13 Or reproved ↩
12. Ephesians 5:14 Or He ↩
13. Ephesians 5:14 Is 26:19; 51:17; 52:1; 60:1; Rom 13:11 ↩
14. Ephesians 5:14 Eph 2:1 ↩
15. Ephesians 5:14 Luke 1:78f ↩
16. Ephesians 5:15 Lit look carefully ↩
17. Ephesians 5:15 Eph 5:2 ↩
18. Ephesians 5:15 Col 4:5 ↩
19. Ephesians 5:16 Lit redeeming the time ↩
20. Ephesians 5:16 Col 4:5 ↩
21. Ephesians 5:16 Gal 1:4; Eph 6:13 ↩

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