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Let no oneΜηδεὶςdeceiveἀπατάτωyouὑμᾶςwith emptyκενοῖςwords,λόγοιςforγὰρbecause ofδιὰthese thingsταῦταthe wrathἡ ὀργὴof Godτοῦ θεοῦcomesἔρχεταιuponἐπὶthe sonsτοὺς υἱοὺςof disobedience.τῆς ἀπειθείας
Ephesians 5:6
Study it in the app“Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.”
Paul warns that God's wrath comes upon disobedienceHoliness
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:6, word by word
- Let no oneΜηδεὶςMēdeis
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “Mēdeis” appears- deceiveἀπατάτωapatatō
deceive
Deceive, make someone believe what is false.
Where else “apatatō” appears- with emptyκενοῖςkenois
vain
Of no use at all.
Where else “kenois” appears- wordsλόγοιςlogois
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logois” appears- the wrathὀργὴorgē
wrath
God's anger against evil, his punishment.
Where else “orgē” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- comesἔρχεταιerchetai
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchetai” appears- the sonsυἱοὺςhuious
one belonging to
Someone with the character of something: "children of light".
Where else “huious” appears- of disobedienceἀπειθείαςapeitheias
disobedience
Disobedience: refusing to obey or to believe.
Where else “apeitheias” appears
The context
5For this you know, recognizing that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.
6 · This verse (above)
7Therefore do not become partners with them;
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?