F.F. Bruce,The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians(New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1984), p. 324-325. Patriacan refer to "people linked over a relatively long period of time by line of descent to a common progenitor, family, clan,...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - For the fruit of light is [shown] in all goodness and righteousness and truth. The exhortation is confirmed by this statement of what is the natural result of light - goodness, the disposition that leads to good works; righteousness, rectitude, or integrity, which...
“After me comes one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie” (Mark 1:7). This points us to an essential truth: peace is not something we can manufacture on our own. It is found in the presence of Jesus. ...