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Ephesians 5:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

15 So, be careful how you live. Do not live ignorantly, but wisely,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

15 Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people),

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American Standard Version (1901)

15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

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Common English Bible

15 So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

15 And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish,

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Ephesians 5:15
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Be wise in the way you live in front of outsiders [i.e., non-Christians], making the most of every opportunity.


Who [then] is the wise and understanding person among you? He should show by his good conduct [that he has] deeds of gentleness [stemming] from wisdom.


So, [whatever happens], live your daily lives in such a way as to be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or remain absent from you, I will hear about you, that you are standing firm in one spirit [i.e., united in purpose, and] contending with one mind for the faith of the Gospel [i.e., for the body of Christian teaching].


Brothers, do not be children in the way you think, but be babies in wrongdoing; yet be mature in your thinking.


But those people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and [spiritual] destruction.


[Since] you have purified your souls by [your] obedience to the truth [i.e., the Gospel message], which produces a genuine love for your brothers, [now] you should have this kind of fervent, heartfelt love for one another.


“Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is “sensible”] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is “sincere”] as doves.


Make sure that no one does anything wrong [back] to someone who wrongs him, but always look for something good you can do for one another and for everyone.


Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish men! How slow your minds are to believe everything the prophets have spoken [in their writings]!


Are you so foolish [as to believe that after] having begun [your Chris­tian lives] through [the power of] the Holy Spirit, you can [now] become complete by [living according to your human strength]?


Pay careful attention so that you do not refuse [to hear] God when He speaks to you. [See verse 9]. For if those people [i.e., the Israelites] did not escape [judgment] when they refused [to hear] Him who warned them on earth [i.e., God speaking through Moses at Mount Sinai], how much less [likely] will we escape [judgment] if we reject Him who warns from heaven [i.e., Christ]?


So, when Pilate saw that he was not convincing anyone, but that a riot was brewing instead, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd saying, “I am not responsible for this man’s blood. [Note: Some ancient manuscripts say “righteous man’s blood”]. You tend to the matter.”


Then I fell down in front of him to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do that; I am [only] a fellow-servant with you and with your brothers who hold onto the testimony about Jesus. You should worship God. For the testimony about Jesus is the spirit [i.e., the purpose, or source] of prophecy.”


Jesus said to him, “Be sure you do not tell anyone [about your healing yet]; but [first] go and show yourself to the priest and then offer the [sacrificial] gift required by the Law of Moses [See Lev. 13:49; 14:2ff], as evidence to them [that you have been healed].”


However, each of you men individually should also love his own wife the way he loves himself. And the wife should respect her husband.


So, this is why, since the day we heard about these things, we do not stop praying for you and requesting that you people be filled [by God] with the knowledge of what He wants [for your lives], and with spiritual wisdom and understanding.


You foolish people [of the churches] of Galatia [Note: This was a province in present-day Turkey], who tricked you? Was not Jesus Christ graphically portrayed before you as being put to death on a cross?


saying, “I have sinned by delivering up an innocent man to die.” But they replied, “What is that to us? It is your affair!”


Five of the bridesmaids were foolish and five were sensible.


Live in a loving way, just like Christ loved us and gave Himself up [to die] for us as an offering and fragrant smelling sacrifice to God.


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