Ephesians 5:20 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:18-21

The true antidote to drunkenness. There is a real contrast here exhibited between fullness of wine and fullness of the Spirit. There is an intensity of feeling produced in both cases. "There is one intensity of feeling produced by stimulating the senses; another, by vivifying the spiritual life within. The one commences with impulses from without, the other is guarded by forces from within." The one tends to ruin, the other to salvation. The Spirit-fullness "will keep the soul holy, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:20

Giving thanks always for all things ; this being not only a most Christian duty, but an excellent way to keep the heart in good tone, to keep up happy feelings—the duty not being occasional, but "always," and not for things prima facto agreeable only, but "for all things" (see Job 2:10 ; Romans 8:28 ). In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father. God the Father is the proper Object of thanksgiving, as of prayer generally; but the thanks are to be given in the Name of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:20

Thanksgiving. There are three points in this exhortation to thanksgiving that arrest our attention, viz. the time, the objects, and the method. I. THE TIME FOR THANKSGIVING . There is a time for everything. When, therefore, is thanksgiving seasonable? Always. As we should pray without ceasing by living in constant communication with God, so a spirit of gratitude should pervade our whole life and express itself by the brightness and color that it gives to every action ( Psalms... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:20

Giving thanks always - This is probably designed to be connected with the preceding verse, and to denote that the proper subject of psalms and hymns is thanksgiving and praise. This is indeed always the main design, and should be so regarded; and this part of worship should be so conducted as to keep up in the heart a lively sense of the mercy and goodness of God.For all things - ὑπὲρ πάντων huper pantōn - for all things, or all “persons.” Dr. Barrow supposes that the meaning here is, that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:18-21

Ephesians 5:18-21. And be not drunk with wine As the heathen are when they celebrate the feasts of Bacchus, their god of wine; wherein is excess Which is the source of all manner of extravagance, and leads to debauchery of every kind. The original word ασωτια , here rendered excess, signifies entire dissoluteness of mind and manners, and such a course of life as is void of counsel and prudent intention, like the behaviour of persons who are continually drunk. While the above-mentioned... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-20

More about the new standards (5:1-20)Just as children follow the example of their parents, so Christians must follow the example of their heavenly Father. Their love, then, will not be mere words, but will show itself by self-sacrifice, just as Christ’s love did (5:1-2).Converted pagans had a special problem in that many of the sinful practices they once engaged in were still widespread in the society in which they lived. One way to overcome the temptation to such practices was not even to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 5:20

Giving thanks . See Ephesians 5:4 ; Ephesians 1:16 . always . App-151 . and = even. Father . App-98 . the name . See Acts 2:38 . Lord Jesus Christ . See Ephesians 1:17 and App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 5:20

Giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and to God, even the Father; subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.Giving thanks always for all things ... This cannot mean that a Christian should give thanks because illness, suffering, loss and adversity of many kinds may have fallen upon him, but that he should give thanks for "all things" in every situation that may afford a proper ground of gratitude to God. Thus: When one is young, let him thank... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:20

Ephesians 5:20. Giving thanks always, &c.— "Giving thanks to God for all the favours that he has bestowed upon you, and even for your afflictions, as occasions offer for the trial, the illustration, and improvement of your holiness and virtue." The words rendered for all things, are translated by some for all persons; and then the meaning will be, "Consider yourselves as appointed to return to God the tribute of praise due from the whole human race, and address your daily thanksgivings to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:20

20. thanks . . . for all things—even for adversities; also for blessings, unknown as well as known (Colossians 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). unto God and the Father—the Fountain of every blessing in Creation, Providence, Election, and Redemption. Lord Jesus Christ—by whom all things, even distresses, become ours (Romans 8:35; Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 3:20-23). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:18-21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 5:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 5:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:20

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