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Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 4:30

EPHESIANS GRIEVING THE SPIRIT Eph_4:30 The miracle of Christianity is the Incarnation. It is not a link in a chain, but a new beginning, the entrance into the cosmic order of a Divine Power. The sequel of Bethlehem and Calvary and Olivet is the upper room and the Pentecost. There is the issue of the whole mission and work of Christ-the planting in the heart of humanity of a new and divine life. All Christendom is professing to commemorate that fact to-day, [Preached on Whitsunday] but a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 4:20-32

Putting on the “New Man” Ephesians 4:20-32 The Lord Jesus is our text-book and our teacher, the schoolhouse in which we are taught, and the object lesson in which all truth is enshrined. But all is in vain unless we definitely and forever put away the old man; that is, our old manners and customs in so far as they are contrary to the Spirit of Christ. With equal decision we are called upon to seek the daily renewal of our spirit and the outward conformity of our mode of life to the example... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:1-32

The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance of the unity of the Spirit. The fact of that unity is then declared. 'There is one body, and one Spirit"; the function of the instrument so described is revealed in the words, "one hope of your calling." He then showed how the unity is created: "one Lord," the Object of faith; "one faith,"... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-32

The Higher Christian Life Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are accustomed to think of prisoners as men who are versed in crime. Paul, however, was a prisoner of the Lord. He was in prison, not because of his guilt, but because of his righteousness, and, withal his faithfulness to Christ. From the prison jail, Bunyan wrote as one sent of God. Behind the prison... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:26

USES OF ANGER‘Doest thou well to be angry?’ ‘Be ye angry, and sin not.’ Jonah 4:4 (with Ephesians 4:26). The former text implies that there is an anger which is sinful; and the latter text implies that there is an anger which is not sinful. The difference lies not so much in the character, or even in the degree of the emotion; but rather in the motive which rouses it, and the object towards which it is directed. I. There is a feeling to which we give the name of moral indignation; by way of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:30

AN APOSTOLIC INJUNCTION‘Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.’ Ephesians 4:30 How sad it is to grieve a friend! But to grieve the best of friends seems more than sad, more than culpable.We may grieve the Holy Spirit of God— I. By lack of Christian charity.—Selfishness no doubt is at the root of our want of love to the brethren. And not only selfishness, but that narrowness of spirit which prevents one seeing the good in others and from realising that Christ is leading them on perhaps quite as... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:20

‘But you did not so learn Christ.’ This is one of Paul’s ‘buts’ (compare Ephesians 2:4). It heralds a reference to a life transforming change. This kind of behaviour was not the kind that they had been taught about by those who brought Christ to them. They had been taught that their meeting up with Christ was life transforming. It demanded a new way of life. Others were teaching that it was good to do as you liked and so show you were free. But Paul insists that that is abhorrent to Christ, as... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:21-24

‘If so be that you heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, that you put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxes corrupt after the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man which after God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.’ If they had really heard His words as taught through witnesses, and had been taught about Him and His life, for what He brought was the truth, then... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:25

‘Wherefore, putting away falsehood, each one of you speak truth with his neighbour, for we are members of one another. The first test of whether we know the truth and have put on the new man is that we are truthful, especially with fellow-Christians, for ‘we are members one of another’. To sin by falsehood is to sin against one’s own body, and that is how we will feel if our hearts are right. What a stringent test is this. If there is deceit among us, if there is exaggeration, if there is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:26-27

‘Be angry, and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your angry mood. Neither give place to the Devil.’ The first phrase is taken from the LXX of Psalms 4:5. It recognises that anger in itself is not necessarily wrong. Indeed it tells us that we need to be angry if the cause is good. But it is a command that when we are angry we ensure it is short lasting and does not make us do wrong. The man who is too angry is least likely to make the right decisions. At times anger against sin and... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 4:30

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 4:20-32

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:1-32

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-32

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:26

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:30

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:20

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:21-24

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:26-27

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