Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Ephesians 5:7

"Be not ye therefore partakers with them;" — Ephesians 5:7 (ASV)

An unambiguous admonition rounds off the paragraph begun at v.3. Christians are not to get mixed up with those who have excluded themselves from the kingdom by their impurity. The word “partners” (GK 5212) is the same one used in 3:6 to describe how Gentiles now share in the messianic promise.