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  • Ephesians 5:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 16 making the best use of your time,*+ because the days are wicked.

  • Ephesians 5:16
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 16 ἐξαγοραζόμενοι buying out for selves τὸν the καιρόν, appointed time, ὅτι because αἱ the ἡμέραι days πονηραί wicked εἰσιν. are.

  • Ephesians 5:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 16 buying out the opportune time+ for yourselves, because the days are wicked.+

  • Ephesians 5:16
    The Bible in Living English
    • 16 making the best you can of the crisis, because the days are wicked.

  • Ephesians 5:16
    American Standard Version
    • 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

  • Ephesians 5:16
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 16 Buying out for yourselves the opportunity because the days are evil;

  • Ephesians 5:16
    King James Version
    • 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 5:16 w22.01 26-31; lff lessons 11, 35, 53; w06 8/1 9; w02 11/15 22-23; w01 5/1 32; w00 10/1 18-19; w96 11/15 21; w89 7/15 11; w89 12/1 17; w87 10/1 13

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:16 w83 11/1 21-22; w82 10/1 7; g78 4/22 27; w77 239; w73 502; w72 247; or 110; w71 671; yl 72; w65 524; w64 282, 323, 663; g64 1/8 4; g64 4/8 3; w63 221, 271, 644; g63 11/22 4; w62 523; w61 328, 373; w60 44; w59 35, 165; w58 280; w43 135; w39 152

  • Ephesians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:16

      The Watchtower (Study),

      1/2022, pp. 26-31

      Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 11

      The Watchtower,

      8/1/2006, p. 9

      11/15/2002, pp. 22-23

      5/1/2001, p. 32

      10/1/2000, pp. 18-19

      11/15/1996, p. 21

      12/1/1989, p. 17

      7/15/1989, p. 11

      10/1/1987, p. 13

      11/1/1983, pp. 21-22

      10/1/1982, p. 7

      4/15/1977, p. 239

      8/15/1973, p. 502

      4/15/1972, p. 247

      11/1/1971, p. 671

      9/1/1965, pp. 523-525

      11/1/1964, p. 663

      6/1/1964, pp. 323-324

      5/1/1964, pp. 281-282

      11/1/1963, p. 644

      5/1/1963, pp. 270-272

      4/1/1963, p. 221

      9/1/1962, pp. 522-524

      6/15/1961, pp. 372-374

      6/1/1961, pp. 327-328

      1/15/1960, pp. 43-45

      3/15/1959, pp. 165-166

      1/15/1959, pp. 35-36

      5/1/1958, pp. 279-281

      Awake!,

      4/22/1978, p. 27

  • Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:16

      making the best use of your time: Lit., “buying out the appointed time.” This expression also appears at Col 4:5. To apply this counsel requires sacrifice, for it implies the need to buy the time from other pursuits, exchanging nonessential activities for spiritual ones. Paul was not speaking of time in a general sense but, rather, of a particular period of time, or season. The Ephesian Christians were then enjoying a season of favor, during which they had a measure of freedom to carry out their Christian ministry. Paul urged them not to squander that favorable opportunity but to take advantage of it, to make the best possible use of the time.

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