Ephesians 5:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκριβῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί,

Transliteration

Blepete oun pōs akribōs peripateite, mē as asophoi, but as sophoi

Grammar Details

• *Blepete*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - see/look/take heed [continuous command]
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/consequently
• *pōs*: adverb - how
• *akribōs*: adverb - carefully/accurately/diligently
• *peripateite*: present, active, indicative, 2nd plural - you walk/conduct yourselves
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *asophoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - unwise ones
• *sophoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - wise ones

Word Meanings

• *Blepete*: see/look/take heed/beware
• *pōs*: how/in what manner
• *akribōs*: carefully/accurately/diligently/precisely
• *peripateite*: you walk/live/conduct yourselves
• *asophoi*: unwise ones/foolish
• *sophoi*: wise ones/prudent

Referenced Verses

• Col 4:5 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
• Job 2:10 : 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
• Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
• Matt 8:4 : 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Matt 25:2 : 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
• Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
• Matt 27:24 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
• Luke 24:25 : 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
• Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
• Gal 3:3 : 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
• Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
• Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant{H8799)}: I was as a beast before thee.
• Exod 23:13 : 13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
• 2 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
• Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.