ephesians-5:15-16,-ecclesiastes-7:10

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:16

REDEEMING THE TIME‘Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.’ Ephesians 5:16 We find the words, ‘redeeming the time,’ occurring twice in the Epistles of St. Paul. They mean—when literally translated—‘buying up the opportunity.’The text addresses itself to Christian people. It is intended, in fact, for them. Let us see, then, what lessons, what warnings, what exhortations it contains for those among us who are living for Christ, and earnestly desirous of glorifying Him by word and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:15-16

‘Look therefore carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, buying up the time because the days are evil.’ The Christian is to live a life of careful thought. He does not blunder blindly on but weighs up his life and makes the most of his time, ‘buying up the time’, to bring the most glory to God. He makes sure that he walks in the light before God, and in these ‘evil days’ ensures that his life is a force for the good. He walks as one of those who is truly wise, in contrast with the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:3-21

Ephesians 5:3-Ecclesiastes : . The Way of Light and the Way of Darkness.— There are other sins which among God’ s people, should be literally unmentionable— fornication, uncleanness, coveting, filthiness, foolish speech, improper jesting. (The true seemliness of speech is thanksgiving.) No one who practises any of the above can inherit the Kingdom. Let no sophistries deceive you; God’ s wrath befalls the disobedient— dissociate yourselves from such things. You have passed from darkness to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:15

See then that ye walk circumspectly; being called to reprove the evil conversation of others, see that ye walk exactly and accurately yourselves, avoiding extremes and keeping close to the rule. See the same word rendered diligently, Matthew 2:8, and perfectly, 1 Thessalonians 5:2. Not as fools; who are destitute of spiritual wisdom, and through carelessness fall into sin or error, though in the light of the gospel. But as wise; those that are taught of God, and are endued with wisdom from... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:16

Redeeming the time; or, buying the opportunity: a metaphor taken from merchants, that diligently observe the time for buying and selling, and easily part with their pleasure for gain; q.d. Deny yourselves in your ease, pleasure, &c. to gain an opportunity of doing good. Because the days are evil; either wicked, by reason of the wickedness of those that live in them, or troublesome, full of difficulties and dangers, by reason of men’s hatred of you, and so either depriving you of the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 5:15-18

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 5:15. See then that ye walk circumspectly.—R.V. “Look then carefully how ye walk.” The way of life must be one of exactitude; and that it may be so the steps must not be haphazard, but carefully taken.Ephesians 5:16. Redeeming the time.—R.V. margin, “buying up the opportunity.” Seizing the crucial moment as eagerly as men bid for a desirable article at an auction sale. Because the days are evil.—A man in Paul’s circumstances and with his consuming... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:15

Ephesians 5:15 Christian Prudence. I. We Christians were never meant to be remiss and insensible; Christ came to redeem and renew us in every legitimate faculty and every salutary use of it. It was never intended that the world should go onward in improvement and the Church should stand still. The redemption of Jesus Christ was wrought to comprehend man's whole nature and man's whole history; there is no lawful advance of mankind, no wholesome invention, which the Church may not include in its... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:16

Ephesians 5:16 I. "The days are evil." They are felt to be so (1) on this account, for one thing: that they are subject to so many things which are out of men's power, independent of their will and control. They are liable to have so many untoward things happening to them, which no one can prevent or even foresee. (2) Another point of experience to the same effect is that the days are darkened by spectacles of evil, especially to persons of much moral and religious sensibility. (3) Men as... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:16-17

Ephesians 5:16-17 Redeeming the Time. I. The words of the text in the English version have become proverbial, "Redeeming the time"; but the words of the original, although they would hardly bear to be differently translated, are even more expressive: buying up the opportunity; not missing anything of what the passing moment has to give. And if the call is significant, so also is the reason of the call: "because the days are evil." To some men the feeling that they have fallen on evil days has... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 5:15-16

DISCOURSE: 2119REDEEMING THE TIMEEphesians 5:15-16. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.WHILE the Christian has so many corruptions within, and temptations without, he needs to be continually urged to vigilance and activity in the concerns of his soul. It was to the saints at Ephesus, even to the most eminent amongst them, that St. Paul addressed the exhortation before us: in which we may notice,I.The duty of maintaining... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:15-16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:3-21

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:15

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:16

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 5:15-18

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:15

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:16

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:16-17

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 5:15-16

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