Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. What you learn from bad habits and in bad society you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you. I tell you in all sincerity, not as in the excitement of speech, but as I would confess and have confessed before God, I would give my right hand tonight if I could forget that which I have learned in evil society — if I could tear from my remembrance the scenes which I have witnessed, the transactions which have taken place before me. You cannot, I believe, take away the effect of a single impure thought that has lodged and harboured in the heart. You may pray against it, and by God's grace you may conquer it, but it will, through life, cause you bitterness and anguish. (J. B. Gough.) Parallel Verses KJV: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.WEB: Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. |
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