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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1

"Followers of God." This is the high destiny of God's children. I. THE DUTY HERE COMMANDED . "Be ye imitators of me." It is to do The special point of imitation here is the duty of showing a forgiving spirit to one another. II. WHY WE SHOULD IMITATE GOD . 1. Because we are his " dear children ." Whom should children imitate but their father? Believers have had experience of their Father's wisdom, love, and power, and it is only an instinct of filial... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1

"Imitators of God." I. HOW IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE IMITATORS OF GOD . It is vain to try to imitate God if all resemblance to God is beyond our reach. But this is not the case. While speculative theology is fatally successful in magnifying the distance between man and God, practical revelation is ever bringing us nearer to God. 1. We are like God by nature . God is spirit, and we are spiritual beings. As Channing taught, all spirits are of one family. God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

The walk suitable to the children of light: no fellowship with sins of the flesh. The fearful prevalence of sensual vice at Ephesus naturally led the apostle to dwell on it emphatically as one of the worst rags of the old man, a rag to be wholly and forever cast away. But, indeed, there are few heathen communities where sensual vice does not flourish when men have it in their power to indulge in it. It is singular how universal sin is in connection with the irregular and disorderly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

What to imitate and to avoid. I. THE IMITATION OF GOD AND CHRIST . 1. The imitation of God . "Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children." The force of example is abundantly acknowledged. How much do most of us suffer from the low standard of opinion and practice with which we are surrounded? On the other hand, we have all felt what it is to come into Contact with one who is raised above the common standard. By his strength of principle and generous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-16

The love and the wrath of God enforcing morality. Paul is still working for the unity of the Church and calling for that watchful and pure walk on the part of the Ephesians which can alone promote it. He consequently brings to bear upon them the allied motives of the love and the wrath of God. And here we may remark, in passing, that the moralities which have tried to work themselves without the aid of Divine sanctions have proved practically powerless. No "independent morality" has as yet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love. Taking up anew the exhortation of Ephesians 4:1 . Let your ordinary life be spent in an atmosphere of love. Drink it in from heaven, as plants drink in the sunshine; radiate it forth from eyes and face; let hands and feet be active in the service; let looks, words, and acts all be steeped in it. Even as Christ also loved us. The passing from the Father to the Son as our Example is not a new departure; for the Son reveals the Father, the Son's love is the counterpart of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The walk of love. We are bound to love one another. I. THIS WAS THE GREAT DUTY OF THE LAW . "All the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself' ( Galatians 5:14 ). "The end of the commandment is love" ( 1 Timothy 1:5 ). All our duty to our neighbor is summed up in love. Love supplies the motive-power to all right relations with our fellow-men. II. THIS WAS THE NEW COMMANDMENT OF CHRIST , "A new commandment... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:1

Be ye therefore followers of God - Greek, “Be imitators - μιμηταὶ mimētai - of God.” The idea is not that they were to be the friends of God, or numbered among his followers, but that they were to imitate him in the particular thing under consideration. The word “therefore” - οὖν oun - connects this with the previous chapter, where he had been exhorting them to kindness, and to a spirit of forgiveness, and he here entreats them to imitate God, who was always kind and ready to forgive;... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:1

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