Ephesians 5:12

New International Reader's Version

It is shameful even to talk about what people who don’t obey do in secret.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:12

You committed your sins in secret. But I will make sure that the man commits his sin in the middle of the day. Everyone in Israel will see it.’ ”

Proverbs 9:17

She says, “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret tastes good!”

Ecclesiastes 12:14

God will judge everything people do. That includes everything they try to hide. He’ll judge everything, whether it’s good or evil.

Jeremiah 23:24

Who can hide in secret places so that I can’t see them?” announces the Lord. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” announces the Lord.

Romans 2:16

This will happen on the day God appoints Jesus Christ to judge people’s secret thoughts. That’s part of my good news.

Ephesians 5:11

Have nothing to do with the acts of darkness. They don’t produce anything good. Show what they are really like.

Ephesians 5:13

But everything the light shines on can be seen. And everything that the light shines on becomes a light.

Ephesians 5:3

There should not be even a hint of sexual sin among you. Don’t do anything impure. And do not always want more and more. These are not the things God’s holy people should do.

1 Peter 4:3

You have spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life. You longed for evil things. You got drunk. You went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which the Lord hates.

Revelation 20:12

I saw the dead, great and small, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened. Then another book was opened. It was the book of life. The dead were judged by what they had done. The things they had done were written in the books.