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Ephesians 5:6

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

KJV

μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις, διὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας.

Greek NT

Nemo vos seducat inanibus verbis : propter hæc enim venit ira Dei in filios diffidentiæ.

Vulgate

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

ASV

Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
κενός
kenos
adjective · 18×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀπατάω
apatao
verb · 3×
ἀπείθεια
apeitheia
noun · 6×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὀργή
orge
noun · 36×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

The sins of the men of old time, which incurred the displeasure of God, were, by His providence, committed to writing, that we might derive instruction thereby, and not be filled with pride. We must not, therefore, infer that there was another God than He whom Christ preached; we should rather fear, lest the one and the same God who inflicted punishment on the ancients, should …
Q. Can those be saved who do not turn to God from their ungrateful and impenitent ways? A. By no means. Scripture tells us that no unchaste person, no idolater, adulterer, thief, no covetous person, no drunkard, slanderer, robber, or the like will inherit the kingdom of God.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 17:9 — Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as
  • 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 1John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
  • 1Pet 1:14 — As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
  • 1Pet 2:8 — And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
  • 2Chr 24:18 — And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
  • 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
  • 2Kgs 18:20 — Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
  • 2Thess 2:2 — That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
  • 2Thess 2:3 — Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
  • 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
  • Col 2:4 — And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
  • Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
  • Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
  • Col 2:18 — Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
  • Col 3:6 — For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
  • Col 3:6 — For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
  • Deut 29:19 — And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thir
  • Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
  • Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
  • Eph 6:13 — Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  • Ezek 13:10 — Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
  • Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Heb 3:19 — So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
  • Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Heb 13:9 — Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
  • Jer 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they ar
  • Jer 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
  • Jer 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
  • Jer 29:31 — Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a l
  • Job 15:31 — Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
  • Job 36:18 — Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
  • John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
  • Josh 22:17 — Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
  • Luke 21:8 — And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
  • Mark 13:5 — And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: