Ephesians 5:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Take advantage of every opportunity because these are evil times.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:16 Cross References

Genesis 29:7

And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

Psalm 37:19

They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil: And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Daniel 2:8

The king answered and said, I know of a certain that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Matthew 25:17

In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.

John 12:35

Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Romans 13:11

And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 7:26

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

Ephesians 6:13

Wherefore take up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Ephesians 6:15

and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.