Ephesians 5:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Ephesians 5:15 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

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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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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-20)

These verses contain a caution against all manner of uncleanness, with proper remedies and arguments proposed: some further cautions are added, and other duties recommended. Filthy lusts must be suppressed, in order to the supporting of holy love. Walk in love, and shun fornication and all uncleanness. Fornication is folly committed between unmarried persons. All uncleanness includes all other sor…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. 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. Compare Col 4:5, “Walk in wisdom (answering to ‘as wise’ here) toward them…