Ephesians 5:15 KJV — MannaFest

Ephesians 5:15

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

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ASV

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

WEB

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

YLT

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

DBT

See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,

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Ephesians — The cosmic letter. Chapters 1–3 set out what believers are in Christ — positional truth stretching from before the foundation to the fullness of times. Chapters 4–6 call the believer to walk worthy of it.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
James 3:13
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

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Not as fools, who walk at all adventures, and who have no understanding of their duty, nor of the worth of their souls, and through neglect, supineness, and want of care, fall into sin, and destroy themselves; but as wise, as persons taught of God and endued with wisdom from above. Circumspect walking is the effect of true wisdom, but the contrary is the effect of folly.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

that--rather as Greek, "See how ye walk," &c. The double idea is compressed into one sentence: "See (take heed) how ye walk," and "See that ye walk circumspectly." The manner, as well as the act itself, is included. See how ye are walking, with a view to your being circumspect (literally, accurate, exact) in your walk.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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EPH 5:15JAS 3:13 JAS 3:17
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EPH 5:15JAS 3:13 GAL 5:23
EPH 5:15JAS 3:13 MAT 5:5
EPH 5:15COL 4:5 EPH 5:15-17
EPH 5:15PHP 1:27 EPH 4:1
EPH 5:15COL 4:5 ROM 16:19
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EPH 5:15COL 4:5 JAS 3:13
EPH 5:15COL 4:5 1TH 4:12

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