Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. New Living Translation It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. English Standard Version For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. Berean Standard Bible For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. Berean Literal Bible For it is shameful even to mention the things being done by them in secret. King James Bible For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. New King James Version For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. New American Standard Bible for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. NASB 1995 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. NASB 1977 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. Legacy Standard Bible For it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. Amplified Bible for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret. Christian Standard Bible For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret. Holman Christian Standard Bible For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret. American Standard Version for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For the thing that they do in secret is an abomination to mention. Contemporary English Version It is disgusting even to talk about what is done in the dark. Douay-Rheims Bible For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of. English Revised Version for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. GOD'S WORD® Translation It is shameful to talk about what some people do in secret. Good News Translation It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.) International Standard Version For it is shameful even to mention what is done by these disobedient people in secret. Literal Standard Version for it is a shame even to speak of the things done by them in secret, Majority Standard Bible For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. New American Bible for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret; NET Bible For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. New Revised Standard Version For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; New Heart English Bible For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of. Webster's Bible Translation For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. Weymouth New Testament for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of. World English Bible For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. Young's Literal Translation for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Children of Light…11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.… Cross References Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. Ephesians 5:13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself. Treasury of Scripture For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. it. Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Romans 1:24-27 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: … 1 Peter 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: in. 2 Samuel 12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. Proverbs 9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Jump to Previous Disgraceful Disobedient Mention Secret Shame Shameful Speak WordsJump to Next Disgraceful Disobedient Mention Secret Shame Shameful Speak WordsEphesians 5 1. After general exhortations to love;3. to flee sexual immorality; 4. and all uncleanness; 7. not to converse with the wicked; 15. to walk carefully; 18. and to be filled with the Spirit; 22. he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands; 25. and husbands ought to love their wives, 32. even as Christ does his church. (12) It is a shame even to speak . . .--Comp. Ephesians 5:3. Sin may be plainly indicated, and perhaps most effectually branded, without polluting the tongue by describing its actual developments. The need of St. Paul's caution is only too obvious when we read some satires and denunciations against sin, or some manuals of self-examination.Verse 12. - For the things that are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. The groves of Ephesus were notorious for the shamefulness of lust. To speak of such deeds was not only wrong, but shameful; so extreme is the delicacy which Christianity fosters. Too much pains cannot be taken, by parents, masters of schools, and others, to foster this delicacy among the young - to exclude from conversation the faintest touch of what is unbecoming. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. it is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. shameful αἰσχρόν (aischron) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 150: Base, disgraceful. From the same as aischunomai; shameful, i.e. Base. even καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. to mention λέγειν (legein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. what τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. [the disobedient] do γινόμενα (ginomena) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. in secret. κρυφῇ (kryphē) Adverb Strong's 2931: In secret, secretly. Adverb from krupto; privately. 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