Ephesians 4:22-23 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-24

Contrasted principles of Gentile and Christian character. We now come more explicitly to the details of Christian duty. The apostle had presented a very high standard of Christian privilege in the preceding chapters, and now he presents an equally high standard of Christian duty . What God gives in the one form is to be given back in the other, and in corresponding proportion. The importance of the subject is indicated by the formula, "This I say, and testify in the Lord." The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-24

Exhortation resumed. "This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord." It is characteristic of the apostle to sink his own personality, and to put forward Christ. He wishes it to be understood that it is not in his own thought, but in the thought of him whom he calls Lord, that he makes his statement and gives his solemn asseveration regarding their duty. I. EXHORTATION DIRECTED AGAINST GENTILISM . "That ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk." They had formerly been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-32

Raw material for Christian unity. It comes upon us with something like a surprise, the exhortations of the present passage after the glories which have gone before. But they are instructive in that they bring out the raw material out of which Paul hoped to manufacture Christian unity. It is evident that he despaired of none, even supposing they had been guilty of the gravest crimes and characterized by the deepest pollution. Does not his grand hope rebuke our faint-heartedness? I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:20-24

In Christ the transition effected from the old man to the new man. The apostle represents "believers" as having "learned Christ," not as having learned about him, but as having reached the true knowledge of him, having heard his voice and having been taught by him, as to "the truth as it is in Jesus"—a truth that carried them far apart from the frightful license of the heathen. We now understand the exact import of this truth. It is to put off the old man and put on the new man. It is, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:20-24

The true method of studying Christianity. "But ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." These verses, including those back to the seventeenth, contain a general... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:22

That ye put off, as concerning the former conversation, the old man. The sum of Christ's practical lessons is given in two particulars—putting off and putting on. The change is very decided and very complete. It is emphatically personal ; not a mere change of opinions or of religious observances, but of life, habit, character; not altering a few things, but first putting off the man as we put off a garment. "It is a change which brings the mind under the government of truth, and gives... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:23

And that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Between the first and second practical change, derived from being taught by Christ, the apostle inserts this counsel applicable to both. This renewal is the work of the Holy Spirit; how, then, can it be the subject of an exhortation to us? In this sense, that we are to prize, long for, encourage, watch, this work of the Holy Spirit, feeling it to be most vital and essential, not to be neglected without awful sin and danger. Usually the Holy... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:22

That ye put off - That you lay aside, or renounce. The manner in which the apostle states those duties, renders it not improbable that there had been some instruction among them of a contrary character, and that it is possible there had been some teachers there who had not enforced, as they should bare done, the duties of practical religion.Concerning the former conversation - The word “conversation” here means conduct - as it commonly does in the Bible; see the notes, 2 Corinthians 1:12. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:23

And be renewed - That is, it is necessary that a man who has been following these should become a new man; see the notes on John 3:3 ff., compare the notes on 2 Corinthians 4:16. The word used here - ἀνανεόω ananeoō - does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament; but it has the same meaning as the word used in 2 Corinthians 4:16, and Colossians 3:10. It means to make new, and is descriptive of the work of regeneration. This was addressed to the church, and to those whom Paul regarded as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:20-24

Ephesians 4:20-24. But ye Believers at Ephesus; have not so learned Christ Or Christianity; that is, ye cannot act thus, now ye are acquainted with Christ and his gospel, which, you know, allows of no sin. If so be Or rather, seeing that, as ει γε , it seems, should be here rendered; ye have heard him Teaching you inwardly by his Spirit, as well as outwardly by his word; and have been taught by him Have been instructed in his religion; as the truth is in Jesus According to his... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:20-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:20-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:20-24

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