Ephesians 5:20 Meaning and Commentary Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things For things temporal, for our beings, and the preservation of them, and for all the mercies of life; for things spiritual
Ephesians 5:3-17 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS 5 The apostle, in this chapter, goes on with his exhortations to the duties of religion; and such in general as relate to purity of life, and against uncleanness; and particularly treats of the duties of married persons. A...
(8)Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord.—This expression is unique, and far more emphatic than the more common phrases of “being,” or “walking,”“in darkness” and “in light.” (SeeRomans 2:9;Colossians 1:2;1Thessalonians 5:4;1John 1:6-7;1John 2:...
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(NT Commentary for English Readers, Ellicott) can make a parallel analysis showing the divergence and similarity by the simple device of different type. To this we must add that there are at least a dozen Greek words common to these two epistles not found elsewhere. Over against this ...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (17)The God of our Lord Jesus Christ.--SeeJohn 20:17, "I ascend unto My Father and your Father; and to My God and your God." It has been noted that, while on the cross, our Lord, in the cry, "My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" ad...
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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The power in the hands that touched blind eyes and made them see, that broke bread and fishes and fed 5,000 is in you. But I don't see anything of the kind, you say. I feel powerless. Perhaps. All the more reason that you need God to reveal this truth to you -- "his ...
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, ...