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...
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. An...
The phrase "of our Lord Jesus Christ" in the KJV, parallel to 1:17, isn't found in the earliest manuscripts and is omitted in modern translations. F.F. Bruce, The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans...
很难想象歌林多的基督徒会这样回答:“喂,保罗,你写信说我们应该彼此顺服。所以,我们认为在这里,你应该顺服我们。” ii.另一个例子是希伯来书13章17节,“要依从那些引导你们的,且要顺服”。如果保罗的意思是,在信徒中间没有“等级”或“权柄的次序”;那么希伯来书13章17节的这个命令就是一句毫无意义的空话。 iii...
1.(3-6)父神所做之工。 愿颂赞归与我们主耶稣基督的父神!他在基督里曾赐给我们天上各样属灵的福气。就如神从创立世界以前,在基督里拣选了我们,使我们在他面前成为圣洁,无有瑕疵;又因爱我们,就按着自己意旨所喜悦的,预定我们藉着耶稣基督得儿子的名分,使他荣耀的恩典得着称赞。这恩典是他在爱子里所赐给我们...