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Ephesians Chapter 5 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Ephesians 5:17

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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BBE Ephesians 5:17

For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
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DARBY Ephesians 5:17

For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what [is] the will of the Lord.
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KJV Ephesians 5:17

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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WBT Ephesians 5:17

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WEB Ephesians 5:17

Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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YLT Ephesians 5:17

because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what is the will of the Lord. The "wherefore" bears on all the preceding argument: because ye are children of light; because light is so valuable and so indispensable; because your whole circumstances demand so much care and earnestness. "Unwise" is equivalent to senseless; "understanding," to both knowing and laying to heart, as in parable of sower: "When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not," i.e. does not consider or ponder it, "then cometh the wicked one," etc. The will of the Lord is the great rule of the Christian life; to know and in the deeper sense understand this, is to walk wisely and to walk surely.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Be ye not unwise.--The word here is stronger than in Ephesians 5:15; it is properly senseless, used of "the fool" (in Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; 1Corinthians 15:36; 2Corinthians 11:16; 2Corinthians 11:19; 2Corinthians 12:6; 2Corinthians 12:11). By it St. Paul emphasises his previous warning; then he adds the explanation that to be "wise" is to "understand what the will of the Lord is"--to know His purpose towards us and towards the world, and so to know the true purpose of our life. Hence we are told in Job 28:28, that "the fear of the Lord is wisdom," or, more precisely, in Proverbs 9:10, that it is "the beginning of wisdom." . . .