Ephesians 5:16
“Redeming the time, because the dayes are euill.”
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Ephesians 5:16 Context
14Wherfore hee saith: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall giue thee light. 15See then that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise, 16Redeming the time, because the dayes are euill. 17Wherefore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstanding what the will of the Lord is. 18And bee not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but bee filled with the Spirit:
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Other Translations for Ephesians 5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- King James Version
making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
- Basic English Bible
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Darby Bible
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Webster's Bible
Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.
- Weymouth Bible
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- World English Bible
not as vnwise men, but as wise men, ayenbiynge tyme, for the daies ben yuele.
- Wycliffe Bible
redeeming the time, because the days are evil;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ephesians 5:16
5:16 With all possible care redeeming the time - Saving all you can for the best purposes; buying every possible moment out of the hands of sin and Satan; out of the hands of sloth, ease, pleasure, worldly business; the more diligently, because the present are evil days, days of the grossest ignorance, immorality, and profaneness.
People's Bible Notes for Ephesians 5:16
Eph 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Using every opportunity; buying them by giving up present enjoyment.