Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) According to the working of his mighty power.—More correctly (see margin), the working of the might of His strength. The word “power” is a general word for force, which may be latent, and, in fact, often describes force which is latent,...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Having the understanding darkened.--Of this vanity the first result noted is the intellectual. They are "darkened in the understanding," and so, "by the ignorance in them alienated from the life of God." The phrase "the life of God" is unique...
Ephesians 5:16 Meaning and Commentary Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time Or "buying time"; a like expression is used in ( Daniel 2:8 ) , which we render, gain time: but in the Chaldee text it is, "buy time": and so Jacchiades, a Jewish commentator on the place, renders it, ...
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there is this thunderous sound of voices all jockeying for position to be heard. There are no shortages of commentary and opinions on the recent events in Orlando and other headlines. People are talking, people are arguing, people are asking questions, people are providing “answers”; everyone...
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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...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (14)Wherefore he(or,it)saith.--This phrase is used (as also inJames 4:6) inEphesians 4:8to introduce a scriptural quotation; and the most natural completion of the elliptical expression is by the supply of the nominative, "God," or "the scriptur...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (12)It is a shame even to speak . . .--Comp.Ephesians 5:3. Sin may be plainly indicated, and perhaps most effectually branded, without polluting the tongue by describing its actual developments. The need of St. Paul's caution is only too obvious...