Ephesians 5:3 NIV

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-21

THE WALK SUITABLE TO THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:3

But fornication - A “common” vice among the pagan then as it is now, and one into which they were in special danger of falling; see Romans 1:29 note; 1 Corinthians 6:18 note.And all uncleanness - Impurity of life; see the notes on Romans 1:24; compare Romans 6:19; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 4:19; Colossians 3:5.Or covetousness - The “connection” in which this word is found is remarkable. It is associated with the lowest and most debasing vices, and this, as well as those vices, was not once to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:3-4

Ephesians 5:3-4. But fornication, &c. But any impure love, and any vice flowing therefrom, or connected therewith; let it not be once named Or heard of; among you Except with detestation. Keep at the utmost distance from it; as becometh saints Who are conscious of the sanctity of your name and profession, and dread the thoughts of debasing it; for certainly it is reasonable and proper that they who are separated from the world, and dedicated to God, should shun all such mention of... 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 5:3

uncleanness . As in Romans 1:24 . not . . . once = not even. Greek. mede . among . App-104 . saints . See Acts 9:13 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 5:3

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; nor filthiness, nor foolish talking or jesting, which are not befitting; but rather giving of thanks.This is another of Paul's catalogues of vice, none of them, not even all of them together being any complete list of sins, but merely typical. Other lists are in Romans 1:29ff, 1 Corinthians 5:11ff, 6:9ff, Galatians 5:19ff and Colossians 3:5ff. Fornication is prominently mentioned in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:3

Ephesians 5:3. And all uncleanness or covetousness,— Or, any kind of uncleanness or insatiable desire. Insatiable desire is certainly a literal rendering of the Greek word πλεονεξια, which plainly signifies the desire of having more of any thing, whatever it be. And though the word is commonly used for covetousness, or an intemperate love of riches; yet it is here to be understood of the letting loose of the desires in a carnal way. The words in connection abundantly prove this to be the sense;... read more

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:3-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 5:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 5:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:3

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