Ephesians 5:3–5
Sexual immorality should not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints
Study it word by word3But sexual immorality and all impurity or greed, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
4and no obscenity and foolish talk or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.
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.
In its context
1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
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.
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6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7Therefore do not become partners with them;
Its words in the original
- ΠορνείαPorneia· sexual immorality
Sexual immorality: any sexual relationship outside marriage.
- ἀκαθαρσίαakatharsia· impurity
Impurity, uncleanness, above all moral and sexual impurity.
- πλεονεξίαpleonexia· greed
Greed, the craving to have more.
- ὀνομαζέσθωonomazesthō· name
Name, give a name; call by name, mention.
- πρέπειprepei· be fitting
Be fitting, be proper.
- ἁγίοιςhagiois· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- αἰσχρότηςaischrotēs· obscenity
Obscenity, what is shameful and filthy in words or conduct.
- μωρολογίαmōrologia· foolish talk
Foolish talk, speaking nonsense.
- εὐτραπελίαeutrapelia· coarse joking
Coarse joking, jokes with a double meaning.
- ἀνῆκενanēken· be fitting
Be fitting, be what is proper and due.
- μᾶλλονmallon· more, rather
More, rather.
- εὐχαριστίαeucharistia· thanksgiving, gratitude
Thanksgiving, giving thanks; gratitude.
- ἴστεiste· know
Know, understand; also see.
- γινώσκοντεςginōskontes· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- πόρνοςpornos· sexually immoral person
Sexually immoral person, someone who practices sexual immorality.
- ἀκάθαρτοςakathartos· unclean, impure
Unclean: what, under the Law, keeps a person away from God. An "unclean spirit" is a demon.
- πλεονέκτηςpleonektēs· greedy person
Greedy person, someone who always wants to have more.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- εἰδωλολάτρηςeidōlolatrēs· idolater
Idolater, someone who worships idols.
- ἔχειechei· have
Have, possess, hold.
- κληρονομίανklēronomian· inheritance
Inheritance.
- βασιλείᾳbasileiai· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- ΧριστοῦChristou· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".