Ephesians 5:11-13

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

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3 songs meet this passage

  • Abracadabra · Lady Gaga

    strains against Ephesians 5:11-13

    Paul's call to expose rather than participate in the works of darkness sits in direct tension with the song's invitation to cast your spell and lean into the shadows.

  • “Keep on tryna hide it but your friends know”

    The Hills · The Weeknd

    strains against Ephesians 5:11-13

    The song treats concealment as a game to be managed rather than exposed and left behind.

  • “apaga el celular”

    Gata Only · FloyyMenor & Cris Mj

    strains against Ephesians 5:11

    Urging secrecy and disconnection from accountability (turning off the phone so no one knows) runs counter to living in the light.

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