에베소서 5:1-6 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The pattern of Christian love. "As Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor." Jesus was an example of love in his life, for he went about every day doing good ( Acts 10:38 ). But it is to his suffering of death that the apostle points us for the most sublime and impressive illustration of his love. The words suggest many pregnant thoughts. I. WHO OFFERED HIMSELF ? It was Christ, the only begotten Son... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The sacrifice of Christ. I. THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST WAS VOLUNTARY . He gave himself. He said he had power—right as well as ability—to lay down his life ( John 10:18 ). Had the sacrifice of Christ not been the free giving of himself, it would have been like the human sacrifices of the heathen—a fearful deed in those who slew him and of no import to any one else. The essence of the sacrifice, all that gave to it propitiatory efficacy, was the willingness of the Sufferer who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3

But . Another of the remarkable contrasts of this Epistle; the fumes of lust are doubly odious in contact with the sweet savor of Christ's offering. Fornication and all impurity, or covetousness. The combination of covetousness with sins of the flesh, occurring several times in the apostle's writings ( 1 Corinthians 5:11 ; Ephesians 5:3 ; Colossians 3:5 ), is rather unexpected. πλεονεξία , covetousness, means the desire of having more, which is peculiarly true of sensual sins;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-5

Warnings against impurity of all kinds. The sins here described were common among the heathen, and received no adequate check from their moral guides. Indeed, the old pagan world regarded them as things indifferent. They are, for the most part, sins against ourselves, as the sins condemned in the previous verses are sins against our neighbors. They are to be condemned on many grounds. I. THEY ARE EXPRESS VIOLATIONS OF THE DIVINE LAW . ( Exodus 20:14 .) II. THEY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-5

Warning against covetousness. It is singular to find covetousness, which is often the sin of respectability, linked with sins of gross impurity. In reality it springs from selfishness, like these other sins. It has its origin in the same unholy root. I. CONSIDER THE NATURE OF COVETOUSNESS . It is the inordinate love of riches, manifesting itself in several ways. 1. In the eager anxiety to attain wealth , without respect either to God's glory or our own spiritual good.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-7

Covetousness amongst the worst of human crimes. "But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-21

THE WALK SUITABLE TO THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:4

And filthiness ; αἰσχρότης , implying that such things are disgraceful, ugly, revolting, the opposite of καλός , fair, comely, attractive. And foolish talking or jesting, which are not becoming. This would be well understood in sensual, frivolous Ephesus; a light, bantering, jesting kind of talk, seasoned with double entendres and obscene allusions, very pernicious in its moral effect. There is no reason to suppose that the apostle meant to condemn all play of humor, which is a... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:4

Warning against unbecoming speech. "Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks." I. THERE ARE THREE VARIETIES OF UNEDIFYING SPEECH . 1. "Filthiness." This term, though referring to acts as much as words, points especially to that obscenity of speech which is so disgusting to the moral sense of man. It is proof of a corrupt heart—for "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh"—and, more than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:5

For this ye know well ; an appeal to their own consciences, made confidently, as beyond all doubt. That no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom. Covetousness, the twin-brother sin of uncleanness, is denounced as idolatry. It is worshipping the creature more than the Creator, depending on vast stores of earthly substance in place of the favor and blessing of God. It must receive the doom of the idolater; instead of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:5

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