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LookΒλέπετεthereforeοὖνcarefullyἀκριβῶςhowπῶςyou walk,περιπατεῖτεnotμὴasὡςunwiseἄσοφοιbutἀλλ’asὡςwise,σοφοί
Ephesians 5:15
Study it in the app“Look therefore carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,”
Paul asks us to watch how we live and understand the Lord's willGod guides
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:15, word by word
- LookΒλέπετεBlepete
beware
To beware of something.
Where else “Blepete” appears- carefullyἀκριβῶςakribōs
carefully, accurately
Carefully, accurately, exactly.
Where else “akribōs” appears- you walkπεριπατεῖτεperipateite
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripateite” appears- unwiseἄσοφοιasophoi
unwise
Unwise, not acting with good sense.
Where else “asophoi” appears- wiseσοφοίsophoi
wise
Wise, skilled, clever.
Where else “sophoi” appears
The context
14for everything that is made visible is light. Therefore it says: Awake, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.
15 · This verse (above)
16making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
To study Ephesians 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?