Ephesians 5:3 — Compare Translations

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But immorality (sexual vice) and all impurity [of lustful, rich, wasteful living] or greediness must not even be named among you, as is fitting and proper among saints (God's consecrated people).

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But immorality (sexual vice) and all impurity [of lustful, rich, wasteful living] or greediness must not even be named among you, as is fitting and proper among saints (God's consecrated people).

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

So, as God's people, you must never have sex in a wrong way. Do not do any kind of bad thing like that. Do not want to have many things for your own pleasure. That is not how God's people should live.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But there must be no sexual sin among you. There must not be any kind of evil or selfishly wanting more and more, because such things are not right for God's holy people.

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Since you are God's people, it is not right that any matters of sexual immorality or indecency or greed should even be mentioned among you.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Don't let sexual sin, perversion of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you. This is not appropriate behavior for God's holy people.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And do not let sexual immorality, or any impurity, or greed be named among you, as these are not proper among saints.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is fitting among holy ones,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

There should not be even a hint of sexual sin among you. Don't do anything unclean. And do not always want more and more. Things like that are not what God's holy people should do.

English NIV

But 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.

English NKJ 1982

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

English NLT

Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God's people.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

And have nothing to do with sexual immorality, lust, or greed—for you are his holy ones and let no one be able to accuse you of them in any form.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Let there be no sex sin, impurity or greed among you. Let no one be able to accuse you of any such things.

English Tyndale 1537

So that fornication,(whoredom) and all uncleanness, or covetousness, be not once, named among you, as it becometh saints: