Ephesians 5:7

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So, do not participate with such individuals,

Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not team up with unbelievers [i.e., in close relationships, such as marriage, etc.] For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or, what fellowship can light have with darkness?

Ephesians 3:6

This secret plan is that the Gentiles [now] share in the inheritance along with us [Jews], and are fellow-members of the body [i.e., the church], and that they share, along with us [Jews], in the promise of the Gospel, in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 5:11

Do not have fellowship with [people who practice] worthless deeds of darkness [i.e., sinful living], but expose them instead.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not be in a hurry to lay hands on anyone [i.e., to appoint them to office. See 4:14], and do not participate in the sins of other people. [Note: If Timothy failed to carefully determine the qualifications of a prospective elder before appointing him, it would make him partially responsible for any wrongdoing by that elder]. Keep yourself pure [i.e., of involvement in anyone’s sins].

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her sins, and so that you do not receive her plagues [i.e., judgments].