Ephesians 5:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ephesians 5:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ephesians 5:15 is a verse from the book of Ephesians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise," Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ephesians 5:15 — KJV
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,”
— Ephesians 5:15 (KJV)
Ephesians 5:15 in Context — About the Book of Ephesians
Ephesians lifts believers into the heavenly realms — every spiritual blessing, adoption, redemption, and a seat with Christ far above all powers. Then it walks that identity into marriage, work, and warfare, closing with the church's armor: truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, the Spirit's sword, and all kinds of prayer.
Cross-References for Ephesians 5:15
“Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. Nothing: Heb. Not”
Shares key themes with Ephesians 5:15: see, then, wise
“And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.”
Shares key themes with Ephesians 5:15: see, then, wise
“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. destroyed: Heb. broken”
Shares key themes with Ephesians 5:15: walk, fools, wise
“Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.”
Shares key themes with Ephesians 5:15: see, then, wise
“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 are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. an...: or, filthiness”
Shares key themes with Ephesians 5:15: see, then, walk
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