Ephesians 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 5:14-17

14For thisG1352 reasonG1352 1it saysG3004, “2AwakeG1453, sleeperG2518, And ariseG450 from 3the deadG3498, And ChristG5547 4will shineG2017 on you.”

15ThereforeG3767 5be carefulG991G199 howG4459 you 6walkG4043, not 7as unwiseG781 menG781 but as wiseG4680, 1689makingG1805 the mostG1805 of your timeG2540, becauseG3754 10the daysG2250 are evilG4190. 17SoG1223G3778 thenG1223G3778 do not be foolishG878, but 11understandG4920 whatG5101 the willG2307 of the LordG2962 is.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 5:14 Or He ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 5:14 Is 26:19; 51:17; 52:1; 60:1; Rom 13:11 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 5:14 Eph 2:1 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 5:14 Luke 1:78f ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 5:15 Lit look carefully ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 5:15 Eph 5:2 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 5:15 Col 4:5 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 5:16 Lit redeeming the time ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 5:16 Col 4:5 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 5:16 Gal 1:4; Eph 6:13 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 5:17 Rom 12:2; Col 1:9; 1 Thess 4:3 ↩

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