What Does Ephesians 5:14 Mean?

“Wherefore”

through which thing, i.e., consequently

“he saith”

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an

“Awake thou”

to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“that sleepest”

to lie down to rest, i.e., (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“arise”

to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

“from”

a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the dead”

dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“light”

to illuminate (figuratively)

“thee”

to thee

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Christ”

anointed, i.e., the messiah, an epithet of jesus