JMNT(i)
3 But all sexual vice (prostitution; fornication; sexual acts contrary to custom)
and uncleanness (impurity),
or greed (desiring or having more than one's due; gaining and having advantage over others),
let it continuously not even be named among (or: within)
you folks according as it is constantly appropriate (proper; conspicuously suitable and befitting)
for set-apart people (or: holy and sacred folks).
4 And obscenity (ugliness; indecency; indecorum; shamefulness; baseness),
even stupid (moronic; foolish)
speaking (talking)
or coarse joking (vulgar talking; insinuation; wittiness; quickness in making repartee; making a good turn),
which things it has not been proper or fitting to have come up but rather (in preference),
giving of thanks (or: conversation marked by grace, gratitude and favor in well-being).
5 For this you people constantly know (or: perceive),
habitually recognizing by experience, that every practicer of sexual vice (or: male prostitute; paramour),
or unclean (impure [in character]; morally indecent)
person, or greedy (covetous; desiring advantage or more than one's due)
one who is (or: continues being)
an idolater, is not now holding enjoyment ofan inheritance (does not currently continue having use of an allotted gift from someone who has died)
within the Christ's and God's reign or sphere of sovereign activity (or: kingdom; [
p46: within the reign of God]).
6 Let no one keep on deceiving (or: seducing)
you by empty words (or: messages; reasons; thoughts; ideas),
for because of these things, God's inherent fervor (natural impulse and disposition; intrinsic teeming desire and swelling passion; or: anger; indignation)
is continuously coming upon [note:
cf John 3:36]
the sons of The Disobedience (the incompliance; or: = folks having the quality of not being convinced or being disobedient and stubborn).
7 Stop, therefore, becoming (or: Therefore you folks are not to continuously come to be)
their joint partakers (their joint members or partners; ones sharing together with them),
8 for you folks were once existing being darkness (dimness; obscurity; gloom; shadiness),
yet (or: but)
now [
you are]
light, within and in union with [
the]
Lord [= Christ or Yahweh].
9 Be constantly walking about (= Habitually conduct yourselves)
as children of Light (born ones from light)
for the fruit of the Light [other MSS:
Spirit] [
is]
in union with (or: [exists] within the midst of)
all Goodness (virtue; beneficence),
Justice (fair and equitable dealing in rightwised relationships which accord with the Way pointed out; also = covenant participation)
and Truth (or: Reality)
10 repeatedly testing so as to prove (or: approve)
what is (or: continually exists being)
fully pleasing and compatible (happily acceptable; well pleasing; good pleasure)
to (or: for; in; with)
the Lord [= Christ or Yahweh].
11 And do not continually participate together (involve yourselves in joint communion or community; or: Stop having fellowship together)
in unfruitful acts (works; deeds; performances)
of the Darkness (dimness in the shadows; gloom and obscurity; [comment: = the ignorance; = the lack of light; may refer to past religious acts]),
but rather even be continually questioning and cross-examining to expose (unmasking and making facts known),
refute and reprove to bring conviction (= bring light to them),
12 for you see, it is obscene (base; ugly; indecent; shameful)
to habitually even be speaking of the things [
which]
secretly (or: in a hidden manner)
may be coming into existence (be occurring; be being birthed)
by them.
13 Now everything (or: the whole),
while being continuously exposed to show fact, beingrefuted and/or reproved unto conviction, is by the light being continuouslymanifested (clearly displayed, made apparent and shown for what it is),
14 for you see, all that is continuously being manifested (clearly displayed, made apparent and is progressively shown for what it is)
is, and continually exists being, light.Wherefore Heis now saying, "Let the sleeper (the person continuously down and being fast asleep)
be waking up, continue rousing, and then stand up (arise)
from out of the midst of the dead ones, and the Christ will continue shining upon you (enlightening you)!
"
15 Be continuously observing exactly (or: accurately),
then, brothers (= fellow believers; members of the Family),
how you habitually walk about [or, with other MSS: Be continually observing, then, how accurately you are conducting yourselves]:
not as unwise folks, but rather as wise ones,