Ephesians 6:11 Meaning and Commentary Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God Not that which God himself is sometimes clothed with, and uses against his enemies; but what he has provided for his people, and furnishes them with; the particulars of which are after mentioned: and it...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Put on the entire amour of God. Chained to a soldier, the apostle's mind would go forth naturally to the subject of amour and warfare. Put on amour, for life is a battle-field; not a scene of soft enjoyment and ease, but of hard conflict, with foes wi...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Do the same things unto them--i.e., treat them as flesh and blood like yourselves, having, as men, the same claims on you as you on them; "do unto them as ye would that they should do unto you." The parallel passage in the Colossian...
T. K. Abbott, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians, ICC (1897); B. F. Westcott, Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians (1906); J. A. Robinson, St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians (1923); J. Schmid, Der Epheserbrief Des A...
Ephesians 4:26 Meaning and Commentary Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not There is anger which is not sinful; for anger is fouled in God himself, in Jesus Christ, in the holy angels, and in God's people; and a man may be said to be angry and not sin, when his anger arises...
Paul. Each particular clause is itself encumbered with numerous prepositional modifiers (especially with en and syn) of which it is difficult to state the exact meaning. Often, too, several synonyms are in juxtaposition and in very many cases a noun has an explanatory genitive, the sense of ...
The uniqueness of the passage can be seen in its setting in Paul's epistle of unity. This will be developed in section 6. 3. The Meaning of "... As to the Lord" (Verse 22) An understanding of the exact significance of verse 22 is necessary to a proper interpretation of the wife'...
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...
Social representations theory (SRT) refers to an approach within social psychology focusing on systems of beliefs, concepts, and values that establish social order and allow for individuals and groups to identify and understand themselves vis-à-vis others. It involves the ascription of meaning to ...
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...