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Butδὲsexual immoralityΠορνείαandκαὶallπᾶσαimpurityἀκαθαρσίαorἢgreed,πλεονεξίαlet it not evenμηδὲbe namedὀνομαζέσθωamongἐνyou,ὑμῖνasκαθὼςis fittingπρέπειfor saints;ἁγίοις
Ephesians 5:3
Study it in the app“But sexual immorality and all impurity or greed, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;”
Sexual immorality should not even be named among you, as is fitting for saintsPurity
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:3, word by word
- sexual immoralityΠορνείαPorneia
sexual immorality
Having sex outside marriage.
Where else “Porneia” appears- impurityἀκαθαρσίαakatharsia
impurity
A soiled life, above all sexually.
Where else “akatharsia” appears- greedπλεονεξίαpleonexia
greed
Greed, the craving to have more.
Where else “pleonexia” appears- be namedὀνομαζέσθωonomazesthō
name
To mention someone; call on the Lord.
Where else “onomazesthō” appears- is fittingπρέπειprepei
be fitting
Be fitting, be proper.
Where else “prepei” appears- for saintsἁγίοιςhagiois
saints
Believers, set apart because they belong to God.
Where else “hagiois” appears
The context
2and walk in love, just as also the Messiah loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a pleasing aroma.
3 · This verse (above)
4and no obscenity and foolish talk or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.
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?