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Eph. 5:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

And have no fellowshipx with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprovez them.

1 Cor. 5:9,11• ⁹I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
¹¹But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. (1 Cor. 5:9,11)

1 Tim. 5:20• ²⁰Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. (1 Tim. 5:20)

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Eph. 5:7• ⁷Be not ye therefore partakers with them. (Eph. 5:7)

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Gen. 49:5‑7• ⁵Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
⁶O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
⁷Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Gen. 49:5‑7)

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Psa. 1:1‑2• ¹Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
²But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (Psa. 1:1‑2)

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Psa. 26:4‑5• ⁴I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
⁵I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. (Psa. 26:4‑5)

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Psa. 94:20‑21• ²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
²¹They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. (Psa. 94:20‑21)

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Prov. 4:14‑15• ¹⁴Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
¹⁵Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. (Prov. 4:14‑15)

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Prov. 9:6• ⁶Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. (Prov. 9:6)

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Jer. 15:17• ¹⁷I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. (Jer. 15:17)

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Rom. 16:17• ¹⁷Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. (Rom. 16:17)

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1 Cor. 5:9‑11• ⁹I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
¹⁰Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
¹¹But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. (1 Cor. 5:9‑11)

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1 Cor. 10:20‑21• ²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. (1 Cor. 10:20‑21)

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2 Cor. 6:14‑18• ¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
¹⁵And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
¹⁶And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
¹⁷Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
¹⁸And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Cor. 6:14‑18)

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2 Thess. 3:6,14• ⁶Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
¹⁴And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. (2 Thess. 3:6,14)

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1 Tim. 6:5• ⁵Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. (1 Tim. 6:5)

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2 Tim. 3:5• ⁵Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Tim. 3:5)

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2 John 10‑11• ¹⁰If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
¹¹For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. (2 John 10‑11)

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Rev. 18:4• ⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev. 18:4)

unfruitful.

Prov. 1:31• ³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. (Prov. 1:31)

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Isa. 3:10‑11• ¹⁰Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
¹¹Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. (Isa. 3:10‑11)

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Rom. 6:21• ²¹What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. (Rom. 6:21)

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Gal. 6:8• ⁸For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Gal. 6:8)

works.

Eph. 4:22• ²²That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; (Eph. 4:22)

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Job 24:13‑17• ¹³They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
¹⁴The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
¹⁵The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
¹⁶In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
¹⁷For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. (Job 24:13‑17)

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John 3:19‑21• ¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
²¹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. (John 3:19‑21)

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Rom. 1:22‑32• ²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
²³And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
²⁴Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
²⁵Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
²⁶For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
²⁷And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
²⁸And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
²⁹Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
³⁰Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
³¹Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
³²Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Rom. 1:22‑32)

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Rom. 13:12• ¹²The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. (Rom. 13:12)

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1 Thess. 5:7• ⁷For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (1 Thess. 5:7)

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Gen. 20:16• ¹⁶And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. (Gen. 20:16)

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Lev. 19:17• ¹⁷Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. (Lev. 19:17)

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Psa. 141:5• ⁵Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. (Psa. 141:5)

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Prov. 9:7‑8• ⁷He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. (Prov. 9:7‑8)

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Prov. 13:18• ¹⁸Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. (Prov. 13:18)

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Prov. 15:12• ¹²A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. (Prov. 15:12)

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Prov. 19:25• ²⁵Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. (Prov. 19:25)

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Prov. 25:12• ¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (Prov. 25:12)

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Prov. 29:1• ¹He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)

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Isa. 29:21• ²¹That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. (Isa. 29:21)

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Matt. 18:15• ¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (Matt. 18:15)

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Luke 3:19• ¹⁹But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, (Luke 3:19)

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1 Tim. 5:20• ²⁰Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. (1 Tim. 5:20)

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2 Tim. 4:2• ²Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (2 Tim. 4:2)

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Titus 2:15• ¹⁵These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. (Titus 2:15)

• It is all a part of our marvelous place and responsibility as being children of light. (“Remarks on Ephesians 5:8-21” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reproveb them,

JND Translation Notes

Or "expose [them]" -- that is, expose (as by light) their true character. Elenko. see John 3.20.

W. Kelly Translation

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather also reprove;