the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Ephesians 5:3
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But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
Shun lust, promiscuity, and all your jealous hankerin'. That ain't the way God's cowboys live or ride.
But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;
But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
But let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness be even named among you, as becometh saints:
But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.
But fornication and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named amongst you, as becommeth Saints:
But let not fornication, and all uncleanness, or greediness, be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
As for whordome and all vnclennes, or couetousnes, let it not be named amoge you, as it becommeth sayntes:
But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry,
Don't allow love to turn into lust, setting off a downhill slide into sexual promiscuity, filthy practices, or bullying greed. Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don't talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn't fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.
But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.
So that fornicacion and all vnclennes or coveteousnes be not once named amonge you as it be commeth saynctes:
But fornication, all impurity, or greed, don't let it even be named among you, as becomes saints;
But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
But there must be no sexual sin among you, or any kind of evil or greed. Those things are not right for God's holy people.
But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
You are God's people, so don't let it be said that any of you are immoral or indecent or greedy.
Among you there should not even be mentioned sexual immorality, or any kind of impurity, or greed; these are utterly inappropriate for God's holy people.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,
But let not immorality or any uncleanness or covetousness be heard of among you, as becomes saints;
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes holy ones;
Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.Romans 6:13; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:18; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Ephesians 4:19-20; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3;">[xr]
BUT fornication and all uncleanness and covetousness, let them not be even heard among you, as it becometh the saints;
But whoredom, and all impurity, and avarice let them not be at all heard of among you, as it becometh the saints;
Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God's people.
Do not let sex sins or anything sinful be even talked about among those who belong to Christ. Do not always want everything.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.
But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you - even as becometh saints;
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),
But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth saintes:
But there must be no sexual sin among you. There must not be any kind of evil or selfishly wanting more and more, because such things are not right for God's holy people.
But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints;
Since you are God's people, it is not right that any matters of sexual immorality or indecency or greed should even be mentioned among you.
And fornycacioun, and al vnclennesse, or aueryce, be not named among you, as it bicometh holi men;
Contextual Overview
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
Cross-References
And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, "For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed."
He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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.
