Efezským 5:3

Nova Smlouva (NT only)

Smilstvo a každá nečistota nebo lakota ať nejsou mezi vámi ani zmiňovány, jak se sluší na svaté.

Parallel Translations

Bible kralická (1613)
Smilstvo pak a všeliká nečistota, neb lakomství, aniž jmenováno buď mezi vámi, jakož sluší na svaté,

Český ekumenický překlad
O smilstvu, jakékoliv nezřízenosti nebo chamtivosti ať se mezi vámi ani nemluví, jak se sluší na ty, kdo patří Bohu.

Nova Bible Kralicka (NT only)
Avšak smilstvo, veškerá nečistota a chtivost ať mezi vámi nejsou ani jmenovány, jak se sluší na svaté;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fornication: Ephesians 5:5, Ephesians 4:19, Ephesians 4:20, Numbers 25:1, Deuteronomy 23:17, Deuteronomy 23:18, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21, Acts 15:20, Romans 1:29, Romans 6:13, 1 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 5:11, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Corinthians 6:13, 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19-21, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, Hebrews 12:16, Hebrews 13:4, 2 Peter 2:10, Revelation 2:14, Revelation 2:21, Revelation 9:21, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15

covetousness: Ephesians 5:5, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 20:17, Joshua 7:21, 1 Samuel 8:3, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 119:36, Proverbs 28:16, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 8:10, Jeremiah 22:17, Ezekiel 33:31, Micah 2:2, Mark 7:22, Luke 12:15, Luke 16:14, Acts 20:33, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Colossians 3:5, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 6:10, 2 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:7, Titus 1:11, Hebrews 13:5, 1 Peter 5:2, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14

named: Ephesians 5:12, Exodus 23:13, 1 Corinthians 5:1

as: Romans 16:2, Philippians 1:27, 1 Timothy 2:10, Titus 2:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:7 - thing Genesis 39:11 - none of the men Exodus 20:14 - General Leviticus 15:18 - the woman Isaiah 57:17 - the iniquity Ezekiel 33:9 - if thou Matthew 15:20 - which Mark 4:21 - Is a Luke 6:45 - good man Romans 3:10 - none Romans 7:7 - Thou shalt Romans 8:13 - ye live Romans 13:13 - chambering 1 Corinthians 7:35 - comely Ephesians 4:17 - that ye Ephesians 4:29 - no Colossians 3:18 - as 1 Timothy 1:10 - whoremongers Hebrews 12:15 - trouble James 3:6 - a world

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,.... The apostle proceeds to dehort from several vices, which are unbecoming the dear children and followers of God; and which the love of Christ should constrain them to avoid: the first of these, which is simple "fornication", is the sin which is committed between single or unmarried persons; and is contrary to the law of God, is a work of the flesh, and is against a man's own body; it renders persons unfit for church communion, brings many temporal calamities upon them, and exposes them to divine wrath, and excludes from the kingdom of heaven, without repentance; and the reason why it is so often taken notice of is, because it was very frequent among the Gentiles, and not thought criminal: "all uncleanness" takes in adultery, incest, sodomy, and every unnatural lust; and "covetousness" seems not so much to design that sin which is commonly so called, namely, an immoderate desire after worldly things, as a greedy and insatiable appetite after the above lusts:

let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; that is, neither one or other of them; the sense is, that they should not be committed; so that there might be no occasion to speak of them, even though with abhorrence, as if there were no such vices in being; and much less should they be named with pleasure, and pleaded for: for thus it becomes such who are set apart by God the Father, whose sins are expiated by the blood of Christ, and whose hearts are sanctified by the Spirit of God; who profess the Gospel of Christ, and have a place and a name in God's house, better than that of sons and daughters.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But fornication - A “common” vice among the pagan then as it is now, and one into which they were in special danger of falling; see Romans 1:29 note; 1 Corinthians 6:18 note.

And all uncleanness - Impurity of life; see the notes on Romans 1:24; compare Romans 6:19; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 4:19; Colossians 3:5.

Or covetousness - The “connection” in which this word is found is remarkable. It is associated with the lowest and most debasing vices, and this, as well as those vices, was not once to be “named” among them. What was Paul’s estimate then of covetousness? He considered it as an odious and abominable vice; a vice to be regarded in the same light as the most gross sin, and as wholly to be abhorred by all who bore the Christian name see Ephesians 5:5. The covetous man, according to Paul, is to be ranked with the sensual, and with idolaters Ephesians 5:5, and with those who are entirely excluded from the kingdom of God Is this the estimate in which the vice is held now? Is it the view which professing Christians take of it? Do we not feel that there is a “great” difference between a covetous man and a man of impure and licentious life? Why is this? Because:

(1)It is so common;

(2)Because it is found among those who make pretensions to refinement and even religion;

(3)Because it is not so easy to define what is covetousness, as it is to define impurity of life; and,

(4)Because the public conscience is seared, and the mind blinded to the low and grovelling character of the sin.

Yet, is not the view of Paul the right view? Who is a covetous man? A man who, in the pursuit of gold, neglects his soul, his intellect, and his heart. A man who, in this insatiable pursuit, is regardless of justice, truth, charity, faith, prayer, peace, comfort, usefulness, conscience; and who shall say that there is any vice more debasing or degrading than this? The time “may” come, therefore, when the covetous man will be regarded as deserving the same rank in the public estimation with the most vicious, and when to covet will be considered as much opposed to the spirit of the gospel as any of the vices here named. When that time shall come, the world’s conversion will probably be not a distant event.

Let it not be once named among you - That is, let it not exist; let there be no occasion for mentioning such a thing among you; let it be wholly unknown. This cannot mean that it is wrong to “mention” these vices for the purpose of rebuking them, or cautioning those in danger of committing them - for Paul himself in this manner mentions them here, and frequently elsewhere - but that they should not “exist” among them.

As becometh saints - As befits the character of Christians, who are regarded as holy. Literally, “as becometh holy ones” - ἁγίοις hagiois.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ephesians 5:3. But fornication — It is probable that the three terms used here by the apostle refer to different species of the same thing. The word fornication, πορνεια, may imply not only fornication but adultery also, as it frequently does; uncleanness, ακαθαρσια may refer to all abominable and unnatural lusts-sodomy, bestiality, &c., and covetousness, πλεονεξια, to excessive indulgence in that which, moderately used, is lawful. As the covetous man never has enough of wealth, so the pleasure-taker and the libertine never have enough of the gratifications of sense, the appetite increasing in proportion to its indulgence. If, however, simple covetousness, i.e. the love of gain, be here intended, it shows from the connection in which it stands, (for it is linked with fornication, adultery, and all uncleanness,) how degrading it is to the soul of man, and how abominable it is in the eye of God. In other places it is ranked with idolatry, for the man who has an inordinate love of gain makes money his god.

Let it not be once named — Let no such things ever exist among you, for ye are called to be saints.