Ephesians

Ephesians 5:11–13

¹¹Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. ¹²For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. ¹³But everything exposed by the light becomes visible,^b for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

Footnotes

b 5:13 SBL begins verse 14 after visible,

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Ephesians 5:11

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Have no fellowship with	συνκοινωνεῖτε	synkoinōneite	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G4790 I have fellowship with
the	τοῖς	tois	Article - Dative Neuter Plural	G3588 the
fruitless	ἀκάρποις	akarpois	Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural	G175 unfruitful, barren
deeds	ἔργοις	ergois	Noun - Dative Neuter Plural	G2041 work, labor, action, deed
of darkness	σκότους	skotous	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G4655 darkness
but	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
rather	μᾶλλον	mallon	Adverb	G3123 more, rather
expose	ἐλέγχετε	elenchete	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1651 I rebuke, expose

Ephesians 5:12

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
it is	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
shameful	αἰσχρόν	aischron	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G150 base, disgraceful
even	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
to mention	λέγειν	legein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G3004 I say, speak
what	τὰ	ta	Article - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3588 the
do	γινόμενα	ginomena	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1096 I come into being, am born
in secret	κρυφῇ	kryphē	Adverb	G2931 in secret, secretly

Ephesians 5:13

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
everything	πάντα	panta	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
exposed	ἐλεγχόμενα	elenchomena	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Plural	G1651 I rebuke, expose
by	ὑπὸ	hypo	Preposition	G5259 by, under, about
the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Neuter Singular	G3588 the
light	φωτὸς	phōtos	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G5457 light, a source of light
becomes visible	φανεροῦται	phaneroutai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G5319 I make clear, visible, or manifest
for	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
everything	πᾶν	pan	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
that	τὸ	to	Article - Nominative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
is illuminated	φανερούμενον	phaneroumenon	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular	G5319 I make clear, visible, or manifest
becomes	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
a light	φῶς	phōs	Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular	G5457 light, a source of light

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Ephesians 5:11 Romans 13:12 · 1 Timothy 5:20 · 2 Thessalonians 3:6 · 2 John 1:10–11 · Romans 16:17 · Revelation 18:4 · Titus 2:15 · Romans 6:21 · 2 Thessalonians 3:14 · Psalm 1:1–2 · 2 Timothy 3:5 · Galatians 6:8

Ephesians 5:12 Ephesians 5:3 · Romans 2:16 · Jeremiah 23:24 · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · 2 Samuel 12:12 · Revelation 20:12 · 1 Peter 4:3 · Proverbs 9:17 · Romans 1:24–27 · Luke 12:1–2

Ephesians 5:13 John 3:20–21 · 1 Corinthians 4:5 · Hosea 2:10 · Hosea 7:1 · Micah 7:9 · Lamentations 2:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.