Ephesians 5 · Verse 7

Ephesians 5:7

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
Ephesians 5:7, King James Version

Ephesians 5:7 in other translations

BSBTherefore do not be partakers with them.
WEBTherefore don’t be partakers with them.
ASVBe not ye therefore partakers with them;
YLTbecome not, then, partakers with them,
DARBYBe not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them;
BBEHave no part with such men;
WebsterBe ye not therefore partakers with them.

What does Ephesians 5:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Here fellowship with wicked workers is forbidden; in Ep 5:11, with their wicked works.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 7. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. Since these things displease God, and expose to his wrath, avoid them.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them - Do not act as your fellow citizens do; nor suffer their philosophy, to it in vain words, κενοις λογοις, with empty and illusive doctrines, to lead you astray from the path of truth. That there was much need for such directions and cautions to the people of Ephesus has been often remarked. It appears, from Athenaeus, that these people were addicted to luxury, effeminacy etc. He tells us that the famous Aspasia, who was herself of the Socratic sect, brought a vast number of beautiful women into Greece, and by their means filled the country with prostitutes, και επληθυνεν απο των ταυτης ἑταιριδων ἡ Ελλας, lib. xiii. cap. 25. Ibid. cap. 31, he observes that the Ephesians had dedicated temples ἑταιρᾳ Αφροδιτῃ, to the prostitute Venus; and again, cap. 32, he quotes from Demosthenes, in Orat. contra Neaeram: τας μεν ἑταιρας ἡδονης ἑνεκα εχομεν, τας δε παλλακας της καθ' ἡμεραν παλλακειας, τας δε γυναικας του παιδοποιεισθαι γνησιως, και των ενδον φυλακα πιστην εχειν· "We have whores for our pleasure, harlots for daily use, and wives for the procreation of legitimate children, and for the faithful preservation of our property." Through the whole of this 13th book of Athenaeus the reader will see the most melancholy proofs of the most abominable practices among the Greeks, and the high estimation in which public prostitutes were held; the greatest lawgivers and the wisest philosophers among the Greeks supported this system both by their authority and example. Is it not in reference to their teaching and laws that the apostle says: Let no man deceive you with vain words?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ephesians 5:3-14

Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against gross acts of sin, but against what some may make light of. But these things are so far from being profitable. that they pollute and poison the hearers. Our cheerfulness should show itself as becomes Christians, in what may tend to God's glory. A covetous man makes a god of his money; places that hope…

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Ephesians 5:7 in the original Greek

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μὴmēNotG3361
οὖνounthereforeG3767
γίνεσθεginesthedo beG1096
συμμέτοχοιsummetochoipartakersG4830
αὐτῶν.autōnwith them.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ephesians 5:7

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

  • 1 Timothy 5:22

    Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

  • Ephesians 5:11

    And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  • Numbers 16:26

    And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

  • Proverbs 1:10-17

    My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: …

  • Psalms 50:18

    When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Proverbs 9:6

    Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Ephesians 3:6

    That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11; Nu 16:26; Ps 50:18; Pr 1:10-17; 9:6; 13:20; 1Ti 5:22; Re 18:4

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Context

  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  • Ephesians 5:7

    Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

  • Ephesians 5:8

    For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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Ephesians 5:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No seáis pues aparceros con ellos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		N’ayez donc pas de participation avec eux;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seid nun nicht ihre Mitgenossen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nolite ergo effici participes eorum.