エペソ人への手紙 4:2 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-16

Exhortation. I. TRANSITION FROM THE DOCTRINAL TO THE PRACTICAL . "I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you." There is a similar transition at Romans 12:1 , "I beseech you therefore." In both cases the " therefore " is the link of connection between doctrine and duty . In both cases the apostle follows up his exposition of doctrine by an affectionate enforcement of duty. In the other case his affectionate tone is caught from a consideration of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:2

SOME POINTS OF A WORTHY WALK . With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love. He begins his enumeration with passive graces—eminently those of Christ. Lowliness or humility may well be gendered by our remembering what we were when God's grace took hold of us ( Ephesians 2:1-3 ). Meekness is the natural expression of a lowly state of mind, opposed to boisterous self-assertion and rude striving with others; it genders a subdued manner and a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:2

Graces that promote the harmony of the Church. "All lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love." These graces are specially needful in the Church; for their opposites, pride, irascibility, and impatience do much to create heart-burning and division. I. LOWLINESS OF MIND . 1. Its nature . It is that deep humility, as opposed to pride, arrogance, and conceit, which is produced by a right sense of our weakness, ignorance, and dependence, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:2-6

Details of a walk worthy of the vocation. This walk demands— I. THE PRESERVATION OF SOCIAL CONCORD , THROUGH THE QUIET OR PASSIVE VIRTUES , which, having been very characteristic of Christ, are eminently incumbent on all who bear his Name. 1. Lowliness , arising from a chastened sense of our sin and unworthiness. 2. Meekness , which is in speech what lowliness is in spirit. 3. Long-suffering and forbearance in love ; in opposition to hastiness,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:2

With all lowliness - Humility; see the notes on Acts 20:19, where the same Greek word is used; compare also the following places, where the same Greek word occurs: Philippians 2:3, “in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves;” Colossians 2:18, “in a voluntary humility;” Colossians 2:23; Col 3:12; 1 Peter 5:5. The word does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. The idea is, that humility of mind becomes those who are “called” Ephesians 4:1, and that we walk worthy of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:2-3

Ephesians 4:2-3. With all lowliness Or humility of mind, having mean thoughts of yourselves because of your former sinfulness and guilt, depravity, weakness, and misery, and your unworthiness of that mercy which God hath exercised toward you; and meekness Maintaining calmness, serenity, and peace of mind, amid the infirmities and indiscretions of your Christian friends, and even amid the affronts and injuries of your enemies; with long-suffering Toward all men, whether saints or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-16

4:1-6:24 THE DAILY LIFE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERSUnity in the church (4:1-16)God’s great purposes for his church should produce a new quality in the lives of the church members. The blessings that God gives should not lead the believers to pride. On the contrary, when they see that these blessings are an indication of the standard God expects, they will develop a new humility. When people or circumstances annoy them and try their patience, they will show love by being patient and helpful... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 4:2

With . App-104 . lowliness = humility of mind. See Acts 20:19 . meekness . See 1 Corinthians 4:21 . forbearing = bearing with. See 2 Corinthians 11:1 . love . App-135 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 4:2

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.These qualities of Christian character are the opposite of those sought and glorified by the non-Christian; and in the pagan culture that provided the setting for the Ephesian congregation, such qualities were actually despised.Lowliness ... Barclay tells us that "In Greek there is no word for humility which has not some suggestion of meanness attached to it."[3] Humility is a becoming virtue in Christians... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:2

Ephesians 4:2. With long-suffering,— As there is no copulative between meekness and long-suffering, it seems most natural to connect the latter with the following clause, with longsuffering forbearing one another in love. And if the exhortation be thus rendered, it will prevent the solecism, which would arise from connecting the word forbearing (ανεχομενοι ) with υμας, ye, in the verse before; to which we should be led, by our translation. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:2-6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:2-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 4:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 4:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:2

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