Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
KJV
τὰ γὰρ κρυφῇ γινόμενα ὑπ’ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν·
Greek NT
Quæ enim in occulto fiunt ab ipsis, turpe est et dicere.
Vulgate
for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
ASV
For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰσχρός
aischros
adjective · 4×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρυφῆ
kruphe
adverb · 1×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Moses in the beginning of the history and writings of the Old Testament speaks to us of the objects of sense, and enumerates them to us at length. For, In the beginning, he says, God made the heaven and the earth, and then he adds, that light was created, and a second heaven and the stars, the various kinds of living creatures, and, that we may not delay by going through par…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:35 — And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
- 1Pet 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
- 2Cor 4:2 — But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscienc
- 2Sam 12:12 — For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
- Eccl 12:14 — For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- Eph 5:3 — But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
- Eph 5:3 — But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
- Exod 23:13 — And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
- Ezek 8:12 — Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath f
- Gen 39:11 — And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
- Jer 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
- Luke 12:1 — In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the lea
- Prov 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Prov 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Rev 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte
- Rom 1:24 — Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
- Rom 1:26 — For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
- Rom 2:16 — In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.