“Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.”
King James Version (KJV)
5:8 Ye were once darkness - Total blindness and ignorance. Walk as children of light - Suitably to your present knowledge.
5:9 The fruit of the light - Opposite to the unfruitful works of darkness, #Eph 4:11|. Is in - That is, consists in. Goodness and righteousness and truth - Opposite to the sins spoken of, #Eph 4:25|,&c.
5:11 Reprove them - To avoid them is not enough.
5:12 In secret - As flying the light.
Eph 5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Showing by walking in the light what is acceptable to God.
Proouing what is acceptable vnto the Lord:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
- Basic English Bible
proving what is agreeable to the Lord;
- Darby Bible
Proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
- Webster's Bible
and learn in your own experiences what is fully pleasing to the Lord.
- Weymouth Bible
proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
- World English Bible
And preue ye what `thing is wel plesynge to God.
- Wycliffe Bible
proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,
- Youngs Literal Bible