Ephesians 5:9

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • Rom 15:14 : 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: ainst such there is no law.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
  • Ps 16:2-3 : 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
  • Heb 1:8 : 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
  • Heb 11:33 : 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
  • 1 Pet 2:24-25 : 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

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    23Meekness, temperance: ainst such there is no law.

  • Eph 5:10-11
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    10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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    8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • Phil 1:10-11
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    10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

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  • Gal 5:16-19
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    16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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    18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

  • Col 1:10
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    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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    5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

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    13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

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    4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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  • Eph 5:17-18
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    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

    18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Gal 5:5
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    5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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    18For the wrath of God is revealed fm heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;