Ephesians 5:5–6
Paul warns that God's wrath comes upon disobedience
Study it word by word5For 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.
6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
In its context
3But 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.
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7Therefore do not become partners with them;
8for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
Its words in the original
- 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".
- ΜηδεὶςMēdeis· no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
- ἀπατάτωapatatō· deceive
Deceive, make someone believe what is false.
- κενοῖςkenois· empty, in vain
Empty; empty-handed; vain, without result.
- λόγοιςlogois· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- ἔρχεταιerchetai· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ὀργὴorgē· wrath, anger
Anger, wrath; said of God, his judgment against evil.
- υἱοὺςhuious· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- ἀπειθείαςapeitheias· disobedience
Disobedience: refusing to obey or to believe.