Ephesians 5:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

Common English Bible

¹² It’s embarrassing to even talk about what certain persons do in secret.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

Ephesians 5:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:12

For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’ ”

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Romans 2:16

on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 5:11

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Ephesians 5:13

but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.

Ephesians 5:3

But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.

1 Peter 4:3

Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, by what they had done.