Ephesians 5:3

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Literal

But let sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness not even be named among you, just as is proper to saints,

Latin

Fornicatio autem, et omnis immunditia, aut avaritia, nec nominetur in vobis, sicut decet sanctos:

Original

Greek

English

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.

Notes

Ephesians 5:3–5

God's people, also called the saints or holy ones, should live a holy life. They must avoid the immoral behavior common among unbelievers (compare 4:19; Colossians 3:5).

Ephesians 4:17–5:20

Paul gives believers specific guidelines for living a new life in Christ.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Faith and Good Deeds Family, Community, and Sexual Sin The Old Life and the New Life The Old Realm and the New

Related verses

Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Ephesians 5:5
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Galatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
1 Corinthians 6:13
“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
1 Corinthians 10:8
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
1 Corinthians 6:9–10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
Revelation 2:21
Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Biblical Concept of Law Covet, Covetousness Discipline Letter to the Ephesians

Topics

Adultery: Forbidden Chastity: General Scriptures Concerning Chastity: Required in Speech Coarse Joking Commandments: Precepts of Paul--Explicitly Stated or Implied in Didactic Epistles Coveting Covetousness is Inconsistent in Saints Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Fornicators Holiness: General Scriptures Concerning Immorality Impurity Intimacy No Sex before Marriage Pregnancy before Marriage Premarital Sex Sexual Immorality Sexual Sin STDs Treasures in Heaven True Love Waits

Ephesians 5:3

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