# Ephesians 5.8 **Book:** [Ephesians](/codex/ephesians/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 6. Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. 7. Be not ye therefore partakers with them; > > **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; (Ephesians 5:6-10, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 6. Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. 7. Therefore don’t be partakers with them. > > **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. (Ephesians 5:6-10, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 6. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. disobedience: or, unbelief 7. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. > > **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. (Ephesians 5:6-10, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 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, (Ephesians 5:6-10, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## 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._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Passages:** - [1 Thessalonians 5.5](/codex/1-thessalonians-5-5/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## 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](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/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. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.