Ephesians 5:15 Cross References - WPNT

¹⁵ See then that you walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,

⁴ And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a proof to them.”

¹⁶ “Now then, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be prudent like snakes and innocent like doves.

² Now five of them were prudent and five foolish.

⁴ saying, “I sinned, by betraying innocent blood”. But they said: “What do we care? It’s your problem!”

²⁴ When Pilate saw that nothing was being gained but rather a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd saying: “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. It’s your problem!”

²⁵ Then He said to them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the Prophets have spoken!

²⁰ Brothers, stop thinking like children—well, in malice be ‘infants’, but in thinking be adults.

¹ O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you not be persuaded by the Truth —Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as having been crucified, before your very eyes!

³ Can you be so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, do you finish in the flesh?

³³ In any case, each of you individually: let each one love his own wife as himself, while the wife must respect her husband.

²⁷ Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I may hear about you that you stand firm in one spirit, striving together for the faith of the Gospel with one soul,

⁹ For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

⁵ Behave wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

¹⁵ See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue the good, both for one another and for all.

⁹ But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires, that plunge people into ruin and loss;

²⁵ See to it that you not refuse Him who speaks. Because if they did not escape who refused Him who gave divine warning on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns from Heaven!

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him exhibit his works in the meekness of wisdom, by his good way of life.

²² Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit, resulting in sincere brotherly love, you must love one another fervently from a pure heart,

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet to worship him, but he says to me, “Don’t! I am your fellow slave and among your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”