Focused Passage

Ephesians 5:8-14

Walking in Love, Light, Wisdom, and Spirit-Filled Order

Paul calls believers to walk in love, reject darkness, live as children of light, walk wisely by being filled with the Spirit, and embody Christ-centered order in marriage as a sign of Christ's love for the church.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 8

Original words

ForγάρG1063Conjunctionyou wereἮτεG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralonceποτεG4218ParticledarknessσκότοςG4655Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularbutδὲG1161ConjunctionnowνῦνG3568Adverb[you are] lightφῶςG5457Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularinἐνG1722Preposition[the] LordΚυρίῳG2962Noun - Dative Masculine SingularWalkπεριπατεῖτεG4043Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralasὡςG5613AdverbchildrenτέκναG5043Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralof lightφωτὸςG5457Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Verse 9

Original words

forγὰρG1063ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularfruitκαρπὸςG2590Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Singularlight [consists]φωτὸςG5457Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionallπάσῃG3956Adjective - Dative Feminine SingulargoodnessἀγαθωσύνῃG19Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionrighteousnessδικαιοσύνῃG1343Noun - Dative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontruthἀληθείᾳG225Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 10

Original words

Test and proveδοκιμάζοντεςG1381Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralwhatτίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter SingularvvvἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularpleasesεὐάρεστονG2101Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingulartheτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularLordΚυρίῳG2962Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 11

Original words

-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvμὴG3361AdverbHave no fellowship withσυνκοινωνεῖτεG4790Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluraltheτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter Plural-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralfruitlessἀκάρποιςG175Adjective - Dative Neuter PluraldeedsἔργοιςG2041Noun - Dative Neuter Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Singularof darknessσκότουςG4655Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularbutδὲG1161Conjunction. . .καὶG2532ConjunctionratherμᾶλλονG3123Adverbexpose [them]ἐλέγχετεG1651Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Verse 12

Original words

ForγὰρG1063Conjunctionit isἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularshamefulαἰσχρόνG150Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularevenκαὶG2532Conjunctionto mentionλέγεινG3004Verb - Present Infinitive ActivewhatτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Plural[the disobedient] doγινόμεναG1096Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural. . .ὑπ’G5259Preposition. . .αὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Pluralin secretκρυφῇG2931Adverb
Verse 13

Original words

-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralButδὲG1161ConjunctioneverythingπάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralexposedἐλεγχόμεναG1651Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter PluralbyὑπὸG5259PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularlightφωτὸςG5457Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularbecomes visibleφανεροῦταιG5319Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularforγὰρG1063ConjunctioneverythingπᾶνG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularthatτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Singularis illuminatedφανερούμενονG5319Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter SingularbecomesἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara light [itself]φῶςG5457Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular

BSB notes

  • SBL begins verse 14 after visible,
Verse 14

Original words

SoδιὸG1352Conjunctionit is saidλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularWake upἜγειρεG1453Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularOG3588Article - Vocative Masculine SingularsleeperκαθεύδωνG2518Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionrise upἀνάσταG450Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularfromἐκG1537PrepositiontheτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluraldeadνεκρῶνG3498Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularChristΧριστόςG5547Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwill shine onἐπιφαύσειG2017Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularyouσοιG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular

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