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Ephesians 5:12

Ephesians chapter 5 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

Context

v.11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

v.12This passage

v.13But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Peter 4:3

    For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

  • Proverbs 9:17

    Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.

  • Ephesians 5:3

    But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

  • Romans 1:24

    Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

  • Luke 12:1

    In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Jeremiah 23:24

    Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.