Ephesians 5:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

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Referenced Verses

  • Col 4:5 : 5 in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.
  • Eph 6:13 : 13 because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done -- to stand.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe;
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
  • Eccl 11:2 : 2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
  • Acts 11:28-29 : 28 and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world -- which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar -- 29 and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that `it is' good for a man that the matter be thus: --
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having; 30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing; 31 and those using this world, as not using `it' up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
  • Eph 6:15 : 15 and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Col 4:5
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    5 in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;

  • Eph 5:14-15
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    14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

    15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

  • Eph 5:17-18
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    17 because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,

    18 and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

  • Rom 13:11-13
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    11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe;

    12 the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

    13 as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

  • 1 Thess 5:4-7
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    4 and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

    5 all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

    6 so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

    7 for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,

  • Eph 5:6-11
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    6 Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

    7 become not, then, partakers with them,

    8 for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

    9 for the fruit of the Spirit `is' in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

    10 proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

    11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

  • 1 Thess 5:22
    70%

    22 from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

  • Mark 13:33
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    33 Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    1 And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,

    2 for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

  • Eph 6:13
    69%

    13 because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done -- to stand.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16 For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

  • Amos 5:13
    69%

    13 Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.

  • Eph 6:11
    69%

    11 put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5 Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17 This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  • Ps 90:12
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    12 To number our days aright let `us' know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

  • Eph 4:26-27
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    26 be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

    27 neither give place to the devil;

  • Gal 4:10
    68%

    10 days ye observe, and months, and times, and years!

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    68%

    4 in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5 not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

  • 1 Pet 1:18
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    18 having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

  • 2 Cor 6:2
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    2 for He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now `is' a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

  • 2 Tim 3:1
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    1 And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

  • Col 3:7
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    7 in which also ye -- ye did walk once, when ye lived in them;

  • 1 Cor 15:33
    68%

    33 Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15 see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

  • Jas 4:13
    68%

    13 Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

  • Jas 4:16
    68%

    16 and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

  • Titus 2:12
    67%

    12 teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

  • Mark 13:36
    67%

    36 lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;

  • Prov 2:12
    67%

    12 To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

  • Eph 4:30
    67%

    30 and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

  • Eccl 12:1
    67%

    1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

  • Col 2:4
    67%

    4 and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

  • 1 Pet 5:8
    67%

    8 Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

  • Eph 3:10
    67%

    10 that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly `places', through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

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