Pulpit Commentary Verse 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 within...
What guidance does the Bible give for longevity? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) The first commandment with promise.--It is, indeed, in the Decalogue "the only commandment with promise" distinctly attached to it. But it is still the first; the Decalogue being itself the ...
Benson Commentary Ephesians 6:17.And take the helmet of salvation— That is, the hope of salvation, as it is expressed in the parallel passage,1 Thessalonians 5:8. The helmet was for the defence of the head, a part which it concerned them most carefully to defend, because one stroke the...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening. Act correspondingly toward your slaves, as if the eye of Christ were on you, which indeed it is; if you are ever tempted to grind them down, or defraud, or scold unreasonably and make thei...
Top 10 Lessons from Ephesians 6When is it time to keep or discard?What are the answers to Bible questions?Should you always obey your parents?Are the Ten Commandments still relevant in the New Testament? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) That it may be well with thee . . .-...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Grace unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. As in most of Paul's Epistles, "grace" is virtually the first word and the last (Ephesians 6:24), equivalent to free, undeserved mercy in all its manifold forms and manifestations. This...
What does the Bible say about wrathful outbursts? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (26)Be ye angry, and sin not.--A quotation from the LXX. version ofPsalm 4:4. Anger itself is not sin, for our Lord Himself felt it (Mark 3:5) at the "hardness of men's hearts;" and it...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Striving to keep the unity of the Spirit. Σπουδάζοντες is stronger than the A.V. "endeavoring," and denotes an object to be carefully and earnestly watched for and promoted. "The unity of the Spirit" is equivalent to the unity of which the...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - For by grace have ye been saved, through faith. He repeats what he had said parenthetically (ver. 5), in order to open the subject up more fully. On the part of God, salvation is by grace; on the part of man, it is through faith. It does not come ...
Ephesians 6 (overall): What historical or archaeological evidence confirms Paul's authorship and authenticity of Ephesians, and why might some scholars question it?What are the main themes in Ephesians?Who is the author of Ephesians? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers-1Ephesians 3:1-13 ...