Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Holman Bible
But sexual immorality
International Standard Version
Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.
A Conservative Version
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified,
American Standard Version
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
Amplified
But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].
An Understandable Version
But you should not even talk about sexual immorality, or any type of [moral] impurity, or greed. [Note: Possibly "greed" here means "desire for more" of such things]. Such talk is not suitable for saints [i.e., God's holy people].
Anderson New Testament
But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints;
Bible in Basic English
But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
Common New Testament
But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
Daniel Mace New Testament
But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry,
Darby Translation
But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;
Godbey New Testament
But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints;
Goodspeed New Testament
But immorality or any form of vice or greed must not be so much as mentioned among you; that would not be becoming in God's people.
John Wesley New Testament
But let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness be even named among you, as becometh saints:
Julia Smith Translation
And fornication, and all uncleanness, or overreaching, let it not be named with you, as becomes the holy;
King James 2000
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;
Lexham Expanded Bible
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),
Modern King James verseion
For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness not be once named among you, as becomes saints,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So that fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, be not once named among you, as it becometh saints:
Moffatt New Testament
Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you ??that is the proper course for saints to take;
Montgomery New Testament
As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;
NET Bible
But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.
New Heart English Bible
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
Noyes New Testament
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,
Sawyer New Testament
Let not fornication and any impurity or covetousness be named among you, as becomes saints,
The Emphasized Bible
But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you - even as becometh saints;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But fornication and all impurity, or insatiable desire, let it not be mentioned among you, as becometh saints;
Twentieth Century New Testament
As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,
Webster
But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Weymouth New Testament
But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.
Williams New Testament
But sexual vice and any form of immorality or sensual greed must not so much as be mentioned among you, as that is the only course becoming in God's people;
World English Bible
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
Worrell New Testament
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints;
Worsley New Testament
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints:
Youngs Literal Translation
and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
Themes
Covetousness » Is inconsistent » In saints
Foolishness » Not being foolish
Impurity » General references to
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 5:3
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Context Readings
Imitators Of God
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Cross References
Colossians 3:5
1 Corinthians 6:18
Ephesians 5:5
For this you know with certainty, that
1 Corinthians 6:13
Ephesians 5:12
for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
Exodus 18:21
Furthermore, you shall
Exodus 20:17
“
Exodus 23:13
Now
Numbers 25:1
While Israel remained at
Deuteronomy 23:17-18
“
Joshua 7:21
when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I
1 Samuel 8:3
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and
Psalm 10:3
And
Psalm 119:36
And not to
Proverbs 28:16
But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Jeremiah 6:13
Everyone is
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone
Jeremiah 8:10
Their fields to
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices deceit.
Jeremiah 22:17
Are intent only upon your own
And on
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their
Micah 2:2
And houses, and take them away.
They
A man and his inheritance.
Matthew 15:19
Mark 7:21-22
Luke 12:15
Then He said to them,
Luke 16:14
Now the Pharisees, who were
Acts 15:20
but that we write to them that they abstain from
Acts 20:33
Romans 1:29
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are
Romans 6:13
and do not go on
Romans 16:2
that you
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has
1 Corinthians 5:10-11
I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Or
1 Corinthians 10:8
Nor let us act immorally, as
2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:
Ephesians 4:19-20
and they, having
Philippians 1:27
Only conduct yourselves in a manner
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For
1 Timothy 2:10
but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.
1 Timothy 3:3
1 Timothy 6:10
For
2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be
Titus 1:7
For the
Titus 1:11
who must be silenced because they are upsetting
Titus 2:3
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior,
Hebrews 12:16
that there be no
Hebrews 13:4-5
1 Peter 5:2
shepherd
2 Peter 2:3
and in their
2 Peter 2:10
and especially those who
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin,
Revelation 2:14
Revelation 2:21
Revelation 9:21
and they
Revelation 21:8
Revelation 22:15