EPH 5:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

AICNT Therefore, do not become {partakers}[fn] with them;

5:7, partakers: NA28 SBLGNT BYZ TR ‖ Some manuscripts read “participants.” THGNT

OEB Therefore have nothing to do with such people.

WEBBE Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Therefore do not be partakers with them,

LSV do not become, then, partakers with them,

FBV So don't partner with them in this.

TCNT Therefore do not be partners with them.

T4T So, do not commit the same kinds of deeds that such people do,

LEB ¶ Therefore do not be sharers[fn] with them,

5:7 Or “partners”

BBE Have no part with such men;

Moff So avoid the company of such men.

Wymth Therefore do not become sharers with them.

ASV Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

DRA Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

YLT become not, then, partakers with them,

Drby Be not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them;

RV Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
(Be not ye/you_all therefore partakers with them; )

SLT Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

Wbstr Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

KJB-1769 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
(Be not ye/you_all therefore partakers with them. )

KJB-1611 Bee not yee therefore partakers with them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Be not ye therefore companions of them.
(Be not ye/you_all therefore companions of them.)

Gnva Be not therefore companions with them.

Cvdl Be not ye therfore companions with them.
(Be not ye/you_all therefore companions with them.)

TNT Be not therfore companions with them.
(Be not therefore companions with them. )

Wycl Therfor nyle ye be maad parteneris of hem.
(Therefore won’t ye/you_all be made partneris of hem.)

Luth Darum seid nicht ihre Mitgenossen!
(Therefore are not their/her Mitgenossen!)

ClVg Nolite ergo effici participes eorum.
(Don't therefore effici participants their. )

UGNT μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συνμέτοχοι αὐτῶν;
(maʸ oun ginesthe sunmetoⱪoi autōn;)

SBL-GNT μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν·
(maʸ oun ginesthe summetoⱪoi autōn;)

RP-GNT Μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν·
(Maʸ oun ginesthe summetoⱪoi autōn;)

TC-GNT Μὴ οὖν [fn]γίνεσθε [fn]συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν·
(Maʸ oun ginesthe summetoⱪoi autōn; )

5:7 γινεσθε ¦ γεινεσθε TH

5:7 συμμετοχοι ¦ συνμετοχοι TH WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:1–20: Paul described behavior which is fitting for believers

In chapter 5, Paul continued with the subject of Christian behavior, which he had begun in the last section of chapter 4. So it is not necessary to start a new section here. One reason to start a new section here is to help the reader, as the previous section is already long. Some English versions begin a new section at 5:1 (BSB, GNT, NLT, NET, GW, NCV, ESV, NASB, NKJV), and some do not (NIV, RSV, NRSV, NJB, CEV, REB, KJV). You may want to consult your national translation and follow their example.

In this section, Paul exhorted the Christians to imitate God and avoid the sins of the pagan people surrounding them.

Here are some other examples for a heading for this section:

Living in the light (GNT, NLT, NCV)

Imitate God (GW)

Paragraph 5:6–14

Some English versions begin a new paragraph at 5:6. Others begin a new paragraph at 5:8.

In this paragraph, Paul used the words “darkness” and “light” in a metaphorical sense. These words will be discussed further below.

5:7

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

So, do not join with the people who do those evil things.
So, do not participate with such people in their disobedient behavior.

Therefore: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as Therefore introduces an appeal on the basis of what Paul said in 5:3–6. It indicates the following: God will punish immoral people, therefore, we must not participate in their evil deeds.

Here are some other ways to translate this conjunction:

So (GNT)

For that reason

Many versions do not translate the conjunction in 5:7. Translate it in a way that is natural in your language.

do not be partakers with them: The clause do not be partakers with them means that they should not join these people when they do evil things.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

So have nothing at all to do with such people. (GNT)

Don't participate in the things these people do (NLT)

-or-

do not be part of their group

-or-

If people behave in those ways, then don’t be with them.

Parallel EPH 5:7

Section 5:1–20: Paul described behavior which is fitting for believers

Paragraph 5:6–14

5:7