Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. New Living Translation Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. English Standard Version Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. Berean Standard Bible Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. Berean Literal Bible And do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even expose them. King James Bible And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. New King James Version And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. New American Standard Bible Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; NASB 1995 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; NASB 1977 And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; Legacy Standard Bible And do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even expose them. Amplified Bible Do not participate in the worthless and unproductive deeds of darkness, but instead expose them [by exemplifying personal integrity, moral courage, and godly character]; Christian Standard Bible Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them. Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them. American Standard Version and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Neither should you fellowship with the Servants of darkness, because they have no fruit in them, but you should rebuke them. Contemporary English Version Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are. Douay-Rheims Bible And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. English Revised Version and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; GOD'S WORD® Translation Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are. Good News Translation Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. ( International Standard Version and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are. Literal Standard Version and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, Majority Standard Bible Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. New American Bible Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them, NET Bible Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. New Revised Standard Version Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. New Heart English Bible Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. Webster's Bible Translation And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Weymouth New Testament Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them; World English Bible Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them. Young's Literal Translation and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Children of Light…10Test and prove what pleases the Lord. 11 Have 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.… Cross References Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them. John 3:20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.' Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Treasury of Scripture And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. no. Ephesians 5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations… Psalm 1:1,2 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful… unfruitful. Proverbs 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Isaiah 3:10,11 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings… Romans 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. works. Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Job 24:13-17 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof… John 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil… but. Genesis 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Psalm 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. Jump to Previous Barren Clear Company Convict Dark Darkness Deeds Expose Faces Fellowship Fruit Fruitless Instead Part Participate Quality Rather Reprove True. Unfruitful Unprofitable WorksJump to Next Barren Clear Company Convict Dark Darkness Deeds Expose Faces Fellowship Fruit Fruitless Instead Part Participate Quality Rather Reprove True. Unfruitful Unprofitable WorksEphesians 5 1. After general exhortations to love;3. to flee sexual immorality; 4. and all uncleanness; 7. not to converse with the wicked; 15. to walk carefully; 18. and to be filled with the Spirit; 22. he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands; 25. and husbands ought to love their wives, 32. even as Christ does his church. (11) Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.--To "have no fellowship" with such works is not to refuse to take part in them (for this surely might be taken for granted), but to keep no terms with them, to have no sympathy or indulgence or excuse for them. So the word is used, in Philippians 4:14, of "communicating with my affliction;" and in Revelation 18:4, of "being partakers with the sins" of Babylon. It is through such weak or cowardly indulgence, more than the actual love of evil, that sin is suffered to prevail. Hence St. Paul adds, "rather reprove them." Our Lord Himself has declared in all such cases, "He that is not with Me is against Me." The unfruitful works of darkness.--St. Paul has a similar antithesis in the Epistle to the Romans (Romans 6:19-22). They who are in sin "yield their members servants to iniquity unto iniquity." Iniquity has no result but iniquity; and hence he goes on to ask, "What fruit had ye then in those things of which ye are now ashamed?" This weary fruitlessness is at once the sign and the penalty of sin, so that men have fancied it to be one chief element of the suffering of the lost. But they who are in Christ "yield their members servants to righteousness unto holiness." "They have," he says, "their fruit unto holiness" now, and "in the end the everlasting life," which is everlasting holiness. Similarly, in Galatians 5:20-22, we have "the works of the flesh," but "the fruit of the Spirit." Rarely, indeed, does Scripture speak of "evil fruit" (Matthew 7:17; Matthew 12:33). Generally, "to be unfruitful" is an all-sufficient condemnation. "Every branch that beareth not fruit he taketh away" (John 15:2). . . . Verse 11. - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. The point of this exhortation is in the adjective "unfruitful." The works of darkness are unfruitful; they produce no goodness, give rise to no satisfaction, to no moral results that are "a joy forever;" or, if fruit they have, it is shame, remorse, despair. Contrast this with the renovating, satisfying, joy-producing, fruits of righteousness. But rather even reprove them. Do not be content with a passive attitude towards them, but take the aggressive and expose their wickedness, whether in public or in the domestic circle. A testimony has to be lifted up against ways that are so shameful and that bring down the wrath of God.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Have no fellowship withσυνκοινωνεῖ Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4790: From sun and koinoneo; to share in company with, i.e. Co-participate in. the Article - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. fruitless ἀκάρποις (akarpois) Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 175: Unfruitful, barren, profitless. Barren. deeds ἔργοις (ergois) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. of darkness, σκότους (skotous) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4655: Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity. but Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. rather Adverb Strong's 3123: More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. expose [them]. ἐλέγχετε (elenchete) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1651: (a) I reprove, rebuke, discipline, (b) I expose, show to be guilty. Of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish. 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