Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 4:20-32
The new man 4:20-32Paul turned from how not to walk to the positive responsibility Christians have to live in holiness. read more
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 4:32
We are kind when we say or do what is suitable or fitting to a need with a sweet and generous disposition. We are tenderhearted or compassionate when we feel affection for someone else. We are forgiving when we let offenses and grievances go, freely and graciously. The reason we should be forgiving that underlies all the commands in this verse is that God has forgiven us freely in Jesus Christ.Demonstrating an attitude of constant forgiveness will greatly enrich a marriage. It enables us to... read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Ephesians 4:32
4:32 kind, (k-6) As 'good,' Luke 6:35 ; 1 Peter 2:3 . forgiving (l-8) forgiven (l-18) Or 'showing grace to,' 'shown grace to,' as Luke 7:42 . read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:1-32
Unity of the New Life. Rules for the New LifeThe Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support exhortation.1-6. ’Live in humility, in loving forbearance, and in unity, for we have one Body, one Head, and one Heavenly Father.’1. Prisoner] This looks back to Ephesians 3:1. ’He can no longer superintend them: they must walk alone. He lost his liberty in their service: they will do what he asks.’2. To a Greek,... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 4:31-32
(3 a) In Ephesians 4:31 to Ephesians 5:2, he deals with malignity, as utterly unworthy of the love of God manifested to us in Jesus Christ. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 4:32
(32) Kind . . . tenderhearted.—“Kindness” is gentleness in bearing with wrong (Luke 6:35; Romans 11:22; Ephesians 2:7; 1 Peter 2:3). “Tenderheartedness” (see 1 Peter 3:8) is more positive warmth of sympathy and love. Both issue in free “forgiveness,” after the model of the universal and unfailing forgiveness “of God in Christ” to us—the only model we dare to follow, suggested by our Saviour Himself in the Lord’s Prayer, and expressly enjoined in Luke 6:36. It is a forgiveness which in us, as in... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ephesians 4:1-32
Ephesians 4:0 In the Memorials of Dr. McLeod Campbell (vol. I. p. 127), he observes, apropos of Edward living's dying conversations, 'I was finding no trace of the subject of the Church in anything she ( i.e. Mrs. Irving) was mentioning, until she said that in the course of that same last day he had asked her to read to him "the testament of the Lord to his Church the neglected testament"; when she read to him the fourth of Ephesians'. The Heavenly Calling Ephesians 4:1 When St. Paul bids us... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:25-32
Chapter 22DOCTRINE AND ETHICSEphesians 4:25-32; Ephesians 5:1-6The homily that we have briefly reviewed in the last chapter demands further consideration. It affords a striking and instructive example of St. Paul’s method as a teacher of morals, and makes an important contribution to evangelical ethics. The common vices are here prohibited on specifically Christian grounds. The new nature formed in Christ casts them off as alien and dead things; they are the sloughed skin of the old life, the... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ephesians 4:17-32
3. The Walk in Holiness and Righteousness CHAPTERS 4:17-5:21 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17-19 ) 2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20-32 ) 3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5:1-2 ) 4. Exhortations (Ephesians 5:3-21 ) At this point the exhortations to walk in separation begin. The “therefore” of Ephesians 4:17 refers us to the “wherefore” of Ephesians 2:11-12 . What Gentiles are in their natural condition is here once more put before us. The grace of God takes the... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 4:17-32
2. Walking in holiness 4:17-32In the first part of this chapter Paul stressed the importance of living in unity in the church. He turned next to the importance of living in holiness."The Bible was written to be obeyed, and not simply studied, and this is why the words ’therefore’ and ’wherefore’ are repeated so often in the second half of Ephesians (Ephesians 4:1; Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:1; Ephesians 5:7; Ephesians 5:14; Ephesians 5:17; Ephesians 5:24)." [Note: Wiersbe,... read more