Ephesians 5:11

Easy To Read Version

Don’t do the things that people in darkness do. Doing those things brings nothing good. But \{do the good things to\} show that those things in darkness are wrong.

Cross References

Genesis 20:16

Abimelech said to Sarah, “I gave your brother Abraham 1,000 pieces of silver. I did this to show that I am sorry for all these things. I want everyone to see that I did the right thing.”

Psalm 141:5

A good person can correct me.\par That would be kind of him.\par Your followers can criticize me.\par It would be good for them to do that.\par I would accept that.\par But I will always pray against\par the bad things those bad people do.\par

Proverbs 1:10

My son, some people love to do bad things—and those people will try to make you do bad things too. Don’t listen to them!

Proverbs 1:31

You people lived the way you wanted to live. You followed your own advice. So now you must accept the result of your own actions!

Proverbs 13:18

If a person refuses to learn from his mistakes, then he will be poor and ashamed. But if a person listens when he is criticized or punished, then he will profit.

Proverbs 15:12

The foolish person hates to be told when he is wrong. And that person refuses to ask wise people for advice.

Proverbs 19:25

Some people show no respect for anything—those foolish people must be punished and forced to learn their lesson. But for a wise person, it’s enough just to tell them that they did wrong.

Proverbs 25:12

If a wise person gives you a warning, it is worth more than gold rings or jewelry made from the finest gold.

Proverbs 28:4

You are for evil people if you refuse to obey the law. But if you obey the law, then you are against them.

Proverbs 29:1

If a person is stubborn and becomes more angry every time people tell him that he is doing wrong, then that person will be destroyed. There is no hope.

Isaiah 29:21

(Those people lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

Jeremiah 15:17

I never sat with the crowd\par as they laughed and had fun.\par I sat by myself because of your\par influence on me.\par You filled me with anger\par at the evil around me.\par

Leviticus 19:17

“You must not hate your brother in your heart. If your neighbor does something wrong, then talk to him about it. But forgive him!

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister does something wrong to you, go and tell that person what he did wrong. Do this alone with that person. If that person listens to you, then you have helped that person to be your brother again.

Luke 3:19

(John criticized Governor Herod. {\cf2\super [58]} John criticized Herod for the bad thing he did with Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother. John also criticized Herod for the many other bad things Herod did.

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Romans 13:12

The night {\cf2\super [139]} is almost finished. The day {\cf2\super [140]} is almost here. So we should stop doing things that belong to darkness (sin). We should prepare ourselves to fight evil with the weapons that belong to the light (good).

Romans 16:17

Brothers and sisters, I ask you to be very careful of those people that cause people to be against each other. Be very careful of those people that upset other people’s faith. Those people are against the true teaching you learned. Stay away from those people.

Romans 6:21

You did evil things. Now you are ashamed of those things. Did those things help you? No. Those things only bring \{spiritual\} death.

Galatians 6:8

If a person plants (lives) to satisfy his sinful self, then his sinful self will bring him eternal death. But if a person plants to please the Spirit, {\cf2\super [76]} he will get eternal life from the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught to leave your old self. This means that you must stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse and worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do.

Ephesians 5:12

It is really very shameful to even talk about the things those people in darkness do in secret.

Ephesians 5:7

So don’t do those things with them.

Colossians 1:12

and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have the things he prepared for you. He has prepared these things for all his people who live in the light (good).

1 Thessalonians 5:7

People who sleep, sleep at night. People who get drunk, get drunk at night.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

If any person does not obey what we tell you in this letter, then remember who that person is. Don’t associate with them. Then maybe they will feel ashamed.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Brothers and sisters, by the authority (power) of our Lord Jesus Christ we command you to stay away from any believer who refuses to work. People who refuse to work are not following the teaching that we gave them.

1 Timothy 5:20

Tell those who sin that they are wrong. Do this in front of the whole church. In that way the others will have a warning.

1 Timothy 5:22

Think carefully before you put your hands on {\cf2\super [32]} any person, \{making him an elder\}. Don’t share in the sins of other people. Keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 6:5

They are always making trouble, because they are people whose thinking has been confused. They have lost their understanding of the truth. They think that serving God is a way to get rich.

2 Timothy 3:5

Those people will continue to act like they serve God. But the way they live shows that they don’t really serve God. Timothy, stay away from those people.

2 Timothy 4:2

Tell people God’s message. {\cf2\super [20]} Be ready at all times. Tell people the things they need to do, tell them when they are wrong, and encourage them. Do these things with great patience and careful teaching.

Titus 2:15

Tell the people these things. You have full authority (power). So use that authority to help the people and to correct them when they are wrong. And don’t let any person treat you like you are not important.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: