Passage

Ephesians 5.10

Book: Ephesians · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"8. For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light 9. (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),"

"10. proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;"

"11. and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; 12. for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of." (Ephesians 5:8-12, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"8. For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, 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. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them. 12. For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of." (Ephesians 5:8-12, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"8. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9. (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)"

"10. Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord."

"11. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret." (Ephesians 5:8-12, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"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, 12. for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of," (Ephesians 5:8-12, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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