Bible Commentary

(For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 9. for ] The suppressed link of thought is, “Walk in a path wholly unlike that of the disobedient; for the path of the light must be such.” the fruit of the Spirit ] Cp. Gal 5:22. But the literary evidence … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:9”

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 8. sometimes ] Better, in modern English, once, formerly. See on Eph 2:13 above. He refers to the whole period of their unconverted life. darkness ] Not merely “in the dark”. So had the night of spiritual … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:8”

Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 7. Be not ] Lit., Become not. Nolite fieri (Latin versions). partakers ] in disobedience, and so in the coming wrath. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Be not ye therefore partakers with them – Since these things displease God and expose to his wrath, avoid … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:7”

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 6. Let no man deceive you ] See for similar warnings Rom 16:18; 1Co 3:18 ; 2Co 11:3; Col 2:8 ; 2Th 2:3; Jas 1:26. vain ] Lit., empty; alien to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:6”

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 5. ye know ] More lit., ye know with acquaintance, or recognition; as if to say, “you know it with full recognition of the fact and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:5”

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 4. filthiness ] Lit. “ ugliness, deformity ”; vice in its aspect as morally hideous. The Gr. word occurs here only in N.T. In the classics some cognate words bear a special connexion with forms of gross sensuality. foolish … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:4”

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 3. but ] The word imports a sort of a fortiori. The Examples of the Father and the Son oblige the believer to a uniform life of holy unselfish love; how complete then is the condemnation, for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:3”

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor. 2. walk ] On the metaphor, see above on Eph 2:2. It is just in the steps of actual life that Divine grace is to shew itself, if … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 5:2”

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. 32. be ] Lit., become; shew yourselves, in the actions and developments of life. kind ] The Gr. word (noun or adj.) occurs in similar contexts, Luk 6:35; Rom 2:4; Rom 11:22 (“ goodness ”); … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 4:32”

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 31. all all ] Observe the uncompromising scope of the precept. Revolution in principle was to result in nothing short of revolution in temper and practice. wrath anger ] The two original words occur together … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 4:31”