Ephesians 5:12

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For it is shameful even to speak of what they do in secret.

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  • Rom 2:16 : 16 This will take place on the day when God judges the secrets of people through Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
  • Eph 5:3 : 3 But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.
  • 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
  • Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 You did it in secret, but I will make this happen in front of all Israel and in broad daylight.'
  • Prov 9:17 : 17 Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can anyone hide in secret places where I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares the LORD.
  • Luke 12:1-2 : 1 Meanwhile, when thousands of people had gathered together, to the point of trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy." 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
  • Rom 1:24-27 : 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is forever praised. Amen. 26 For this reason, God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature. 27 In the same way, the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

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    2There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

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  • 1 Tim 5:24-25
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    24The sins of some people are obvious, leading them to judgment ahead of them, but the sins of others follow after.

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    20For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

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    22For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is concealed that will not be brought to light.

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    3But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

    4Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

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    20Rebuke those who persist in sin in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

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    2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

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    8Let your speech be sound and beyond reproach, so that any opponent may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

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    14For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

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    21But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.

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    22Abstain from every form of evil.

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