Ephesians 5:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse, but rather euen rebuke them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε.

Transliteration

And mē sygkoinōneite the ergois the akarpois of the skotous, mallon de also elenchete

Grammar Details

• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *sygkoinōneite*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - participate with/take part in [continuous command]
• *ergois*: dative, neuter, plural - works/deeds
• *akarpois*: dative, neuter, plural - unfruitful/barren
• *skotous*: genitive, neuter, singular - of darkness
• *mallon*: adverb, comparative - rather/instead
• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *elenchete*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - expose/reprove [continuous command]

Word Meanings

• *sygkoinōneite*: participate with/have fellowship with/partake in
• *ergois*: works/deeds/activities
• *akarpois*: unfruitful/barren/useless
• *skotous*: darkness/obscurity
• *mallon*: rather/instead/more
• *elenchete*: expose/reprove/refute/convict

Referenced Verses

• Rom 13:12 : 12 The nyght is passed, the day is come nye. Let vs therfore caste away the deedes of darknesse, & let vs put on the armour of lyght.
• 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Them that sinne, rebuke before all, that other also may feare.
• 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 We commaunde you brethren in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution whiche he receaued of vs.
• Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death.
• Rom 16:17 : 17 Nowe I beseche you brethren, marke them whiche cause deuision, & geue occasions of euyll, contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned, and auoyde them.
• Titus 2:15 : 15 These thynges speake and exhort, and rebuke with all aucthoritie. Let no man dispise thee.
• 2 John 1:10-11 : 10 If there come any vnto you, and bring not this learnyng, hym receaue not to house: neither byd hym God speede. 11 For he that byddeth hym God speede, is partaker of his euyll deedes.
• Rev 18:4 : 4 And I hearde another voyce from heauen say: Come awaye from her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sinnes, and that ye receaue not of her plagues.
• 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse, but denying the power therof: turne away from these.
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preache the worde, be instant in season, out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne heart, but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neighbour, & suffer not sinne vpon hym.
• 2 Cor 6:14-18 : 14 And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers. For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse? 15 Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall? Eyther what part hath he that beleueth, with an infidell? 16 Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images? For ye are the temple of the lyuing God, as saide God, I wyll dwell in them, & walke in them & wyll be their God, & they shalbe my people. 17 Wherfore come out fro among them, and separate your selues from them (saith the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thyng, and I wyll receaue you, 18 And wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lorde almightie.
• Gal 6:8 : 8 For he that soweth into his flesshe, shal of the flesshe reape corruption: But he that soweth into the spirite, shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng.
• 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 Yf any man obey not our doctrine, signifie hym by an epistle, and haue no companie with hym, that he maye be ashamed.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.
• 1 Thess 5:7 : 7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght.
• Gen 20:16 : 16 But vnto Sara he saide: See I haue geuen thy brother a thousand peeces of syluer: beholde, it is as a coueryng of thyne eyes vnto all that are with thee, and to all other: and thus she was reproued.
• Eph 4:22 : 22 To lay downe, accordyng to the former conuersation, ye olde man, which is corrupt, accordyng to the lustes of error:
• 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote vnto you in an epistle, that ye should not companie with fornicatours: 10 And I meant not at all with the fornicatours of this worlde, or with the couetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then must ye needes haue gone out of the world. 11 But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together, if any that is called a brother be a fornicatour, or couetous, or a worshipper of idols, or a rayler, or a drunkarde, or an extortioner: with him that is such see that ye eate not.
• 1 Cor 10:20-21 : 20 Nay but this I saye that the thinges which the gentiles offer, they offer to deuyls, & not to God. And I woulde not that ye shoulde haue felowshippe with the deuils. 21 Ye can not drynke ye cup of the Lorde, and the cup of deuils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lordes table, and of the table of deuyls.
• Job 24:13-17 : 13 Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light, they know not his way, nor continue in his pathes. 14 The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe? 15 The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse, & sayth, There shall no eye see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the darke they digge through houses, whiche they marked for them selues in the day time: they knowe not the light. 17 The morning is to them euen as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death,
• Ps 1:1-2 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly: nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull. 2 But his delight is in the lawe of God: and in God his lawe exerciseth himselfe day and night.
• Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I haue not sit in company with vayne persons: neither haue I entred once acquaintaunce with dissemblers. 5 I haue hated the congregation of the malitious: and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly.
• Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the seate of wickednesse haue any thyng to do with thee: which seate maketh wrong to be enacted for a law? 21 They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous: and condemne the innocent blood.
• Ps 141:5 : 5 I wishe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me: for it is louing kyndnesse. But let not pretious baulmes breake mine head: for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse.
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions.
• Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked: 15 Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.
• Prov 9:6-8 : 6 Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng. 7 Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe. 8 Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.
• Prov 13:18 : 18 He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.
• Prov 15:12 : 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.
• Prov 19:25 : 25 If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser.
• Prov 25:12 : 12 Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies. 11 But wo be vnto the wicked, for it shalbe euyll with hym: for he shalbe rewarded after his owne workes.
• Isa 29:21 : 21 Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught.
• Jer 15:17 : 17 I dwell not among the scorners, neither is my delight therin: but I dwell alone because of thy hande, for thou hast fylled me with bitternesse.
• Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreouer, yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee, go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone: If he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother.
• Luke 3:19 : 19 Then Herode the tetrarch, when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias, his brother Philippes wyfe, and for all the euyls which Herode dyd,
• John 3:19-21 : 19 And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll. 20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued. 21 But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God.
• Rom 1:22-32 : 22 When they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles: 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God, vnto an image, made not only after the similitude of a mortal man, but also of birdes, and foure footed beastes, and of crepyng beastes. 24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse, through the lustes of their owne heartes, to defyle their owne bodies among them selues. 25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye, and worshipped and serued the creature, more then the creator, which is to be praysed for euer. Amen. 26 Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes: For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse, into that which is agaynst nature. 27 And likewise also, the men left the naturall vse of the woman, and brent in their lustes one with another, and men with men wrought fylthynesse, and receaued to them selues the rewarde of their errour (as it was accordyng) 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely: 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes, fornication, craftynesse, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuie, murther, debate, deceite, euyll conditioned, whysperers, 30 Backbyters, haters of God, dispiteful, proude, boasters, bryngers vp of euyll thinges, disobedient to father & mother: 31 Without vnderstandyng, couenaunt breakers, without naturall affection, truice breakers, vnmercyfull. 32 The whiche knowyng the righteousnes of God, howe that they which commit such thynges are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also haue pleasure in them that do them.
• Eph 5:7 : 7 Be not ye therefore companions of them.
• Gen 49:5-7 : 5 Simeon and Leui brethren, are cruell instrumentes in their habitations. 6 O my soule, come not thou into their secretes, neither into their congregations let mine honour be vnited: for in their wrath they slewe a man, and in their selfe wyll, they dygge downe a wall. 7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was shamelesse, and their fiercenesse, for it was cruell: I wyll deuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.