Ephesians 5:7

Contemporary English Version

So don't have anything to do with anyone like that.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, do not become their partners.

King James Version (1611)
Bee not yee therefore partakers with them.

King James Version
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

English Standard Version
Therefore do not become partners with them;

New American Standard Bible
Therefore do not become partners with them;

New Century Version
So have nothing to do with them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore do not be partakers with them;

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore do not be partakers with them,

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Complete Jewish Bible
So don't become partners with them!

Darby Translation
Be not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them;

Easy-to-Read Version
So don't have anything to do with them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Be not therefore companions with them.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Good News Translation
So have nothing at all to do with such people.

Lexham English Bible
Therefore do not be sharers with them,

Literal Translation
Then do not become partakers with them;

Amplified Bible
So do not participate or even associate with them [in the rebelliousness of sin].

American Standard Version
Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

Bible in Basic English
Have no part with such men;

Hebrew Names Version
Don't be therefore partakers with them.

International Standard Version
So do not be partners with them.

Etheridge Translation
Be not, therefore, participators with them.

Murdock Translation
Therefore be ye not like them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Be not ye therefore companions of them.

English Revised Version
Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

World English Bible
Don't be therefore partakers with them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

Weymouth's New Testament
Therefore do not become sharers with them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor nyle ye be maad parteneris of hem.

Update Bible Version
Therefore don't be partakers with them;

Webster's Bible Translation
Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

New English Translation
Therefore do not be partakers with them,

New King James Version
Therefore do not be partakers with them.

New Living Translation
Don't participate in the things these people do.

New Life Bible
Have nothing to do with them.

New Revised Standard
Therefore do not be associated with them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not, then, become co-partners with them;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

Revised Standard Version
Therefore do not associate with them,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Be not therfore companions with them.

Young's Literal Translation
become not, then, partakers with them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Be not ye therfore companions with them.

Mace New Testament (1729)
don't you therefore be concern'd with them.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Don't ride like the no-account counterfeit cowboys who surround you.

Contextual Overview

³ You are God's people, so don't let it be said that any of you are immoral or indecent or greedy. ⁴ Don't use dirty or foolish or filthy words. Instead, say how thankful you are. ⁵ Being greedy, indecent, or immoral is just another way of worshiping idols. You can be sure that people who behave in this way will never be part of the kingdom that belongs to Christ and to God. ⁶ Don't let anyone trick you with foolish talk. God punishes everyone who disobeys him and says foolish things. ⁷ So don't have anything to do with anyone like that. ⁸ You used to be like people living in the dark, but now you are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light ⁹ and make your light shine. Be good and honest and truthful, ¹⁰ as you try to please the Lord. ¹¹ Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are. ¹² It is disgusting even to talk about what is done in the dark.

Bible Verse Review
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Ephesians 5:11, Numbers 16:26, Psalms 50:18, Proverbs 1:10-17, Proverbs 9:6, Proverbs 13:20, 1 Timothy 5:22, Revelation 18:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:8 - they are unclean Leviticus 11:16 - General Leviticus 18:3 - the doings Leviticus 20:25 - put difference Numbers 16:21 - Separate Job 24:14 - murderer Philippians 2:15 - sons 1 Peter 4:2 - no 2 Peter 1:19 - a light

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be not ye therefore partakers with them. In their sins, and acts of disobedience; by keeping needless company with them; by abetting and encouraging sinful practices; by conniving at them, and not reproving for them; or by committing the same things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be not ye therefore partakers with them - Since these things displease God and expose to his wrath, avoid them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 7. Be not ye therefore partakers with them — Do not act as your fellow citizens do; nor suffer their philosophy, to it in vain words, κενοις λογοις, 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 c. He tells us that the famous Aspasia, who was herself of the Socratic sect, brought a vast number of beautiful women into Greece, and by their means filled the country with prostitutes, και επληθυνεν απο των ταυτης ἑταιριδων ἡ Ελλας, lib. xiii. cap. 25. Ibid. cap. 31, he observes that the Ephesians had dedicated temples εταιρα αφροδιτη, to the prostitute Venus and again, cap. 32, he quotes from Demosthenes, in Orat. contra Neaeram: τας μεν ἑταιρας ἡδονης ἑνεκα εχομεν, τας δε παλλακας της καθ' ἡμεραν παλλακειας, τας δε γυναικας του παιδοποιεισθαι γνησιως, και των ενδον φυλακα πιστην εχειν· "We have whores for our pleasure, harlots for daily use, and wives for the procreation of legitimate children, and for the faithful preservation of our property." Through the whole of this 13th book of Athenaeus the reader will see the most melancholy proofs of the most abominable practices among the Greeks, and the high estimation in which public prostitutes were held; the greatest lawgivers and the wisest philosophers among the Greeks supported this system both by their authority and example. Is it not in reference to their teaching and laws that the apostle says: Let no man deceive you with vain words?