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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:6

Let no man deceive you with empty words. No man, whether pagan or nominal Christian: the pagan defending a life of pleasure as the only thing to be had with even a smack of good in it; the Christian mitigating pleasant sins, saying that the young must have an outlet for their warm feelings, that men in business must put all their soul into it, and that life must be brightened by a little mirth and jollity. As opposed to what the apostle has laid down ( Ephesians 5:5 ), such words are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:6

Divine wrath upon disobedience. It was necessary for the apostle to mark the true nature and real end of impurity in all its manifestations. "Let no man deceive you with vain words." I. IT IS NO UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE FOR WICKED MEN NOT TO SEE THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR ACTS . The heathen regarded moral purity as a thing indifferent, and many of their moral guides palliated some of the worst features of pagan sensuality. They argued, as some have argued in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:7

Be not ye therefore partakers with them. If you are partakers of their sins, you must be of their punishments too. Refuse all partnership, therefore. Your natural instincts recoil from partnership in punishment; let your spiritual instincts recoil from partnership in sin. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:7

Separation from evil. The apostle counsels believers not to be partakers with sinners. That is, in their sins, not their punishment. We are here taught— I. THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR BELIEVERS TO PARTAKE OF THE SINS OF OTHERS . They may do so by conniving at them, by not checking or punishing them, by not mourning over them, as well as by actually committing them. It is a dishonor to God, a lure to others, a mischief to ourselves, to stand in the way of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8

For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Another expressive "but." To make the contrast more emphatic, it is not said, "ye were in darkness, but are now in light;" but, "ye were darkness itself, and are now light itself," and this last is explained by the usual formula, "in the Lord." There was a celebrated Ephesian philosopher, Alexander, who was called "The Light;" but not from that source had the light come. The idea of light-giving is also involved in their being... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8

The darkness turned into light. As a reason for their not lapsing into vices from which they had escaped, the apostle reminds them of the darkness of their pagan condition. I. THEY WERE ONCE DARKNESS ITSELF . "Ye were sometimes darkness." The phrase is very impressive, for it indicates a moral as well as an intellectual darkness. A hard heart is always linked with a blinded understanding. The two act and react upon each other, becoming alternately cause and effect. Men do not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8-10

Christian life. "For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord." These verses present to us the Christian life in its transformation , obligation , and demonstration . I. TRANSFORMATION . A true Christian is one who has been changed from darkness into light. The figurative language implies: 1. A change from ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:9

For the fruit of light is [shown] in all goodness and righteousness and truth. The exhortation is confirmed by this statement of what is the natural result of light—goodness, the disposition that leads to good works; righteousness, rectitude, or integrity, which is most careful against all disorder and injustice, and renders to all their due, and especially to God the things that are God's; and truth, meaning a regard for truth in every form and way—believing it, reverencing it, speaking it,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:9

The fruit of the light. It is shown or seen in all the forms of "goodness and righteousness and truth." The good, the right, the true, are only to be realized through the light that streams from the Sun of righteousness—"the true light" that "now shineth." The apostle says the fruit, not the fruits, of the light—as if to show that it takes all the three colors to make this light. Christianity would be a very imperfect; manifestation of God if a single one of these elements were missing... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:6

Let no man deceive you - Let no one by artful pleas persuade you that; there will be no danger from practicing these vices, We may suppose that they would be under strong temptations to mingle in the “happy” and festive scenes where these vices were not frowned on, or where they were practiced; or that they might be tempted to commit them by some of the plausible arguments which were then used for their indulgence. Many of their friends may have been in these circles; and they would endeavor to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:6

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