"For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret." — Ephesians 5:12

Ephesians 5:12 · KJV

“For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”

— Ephesians 5:12

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. {reproved: or, discovered}

Ephesians 5 — Context

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. {reproved: or, discovered}

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. {he: or, it}

Cross References

Ephesians 5:3

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

Romans 2:16

In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether {it be} good, or whether {it be} evil.

2 Samuel 12:12

For thou didst {it} secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

Proverbs 9:17

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}

Romans 1:24-27

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is {the book} of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.