3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;


In Context

1 Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;

2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell.

3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

5 For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Ephesians 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;