Ephesians 5:18-30 NIV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:1-33

Ephesians 5:1-2 . Be ye followers of God as dear children, for children are expected to walk in their father’s steps. He sends us rain and fruitful seasons, he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good; and if we act otherwise, men will not acknowledge us for the sons of God. In all good offices the Saviour forgot himself, and went about continually doing good. Nay more; he gave himself for us, an eucharistal oblation and sacrifice, a sweet savour of unexampled love. What can words add... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:18

Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.The sin and folly of drunkennessThis precept follows very naturally what he has said about the necessity of wisdom. For even a wise man when he is drunk becomes a fool; the light of reason and of conscience is quenched, and the blind impulses of his physical nature are left without control. Some men take drink in excess to deaden their sensibility to trouble, to lessen the pain of distressing memories or... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:19

Ephesians 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.Sacred musicI. The design of music in general. Singing is no less natural to mankind than speaking. They are naturally disposed to speak, because they wish to communicate their thoughts, and they are naturally disposed to sing, because they wish to communicate their feelings. Speaking is the natural language of the understanding, and singing is the natural language of the heart. We always use words to express our... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:20

Ephesians 5:20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Thankfulness to GodI. The duty here enjoined is to give thanks. Thankfulness is such a sense of favours received from, and of obligations due to, a benefactor, as disposes us to make suitable acknowledgments and returns.1. A grateful heart retains the impression of past mercies.2. Gratitude sees a real value in God’s blessings.3. A sense of our unworthiness enters into the essence of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:21

Ephesians 5:21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.Submission one to anotherI. In the first place, observe the necessity of the precept. Pride is the great besetting sin of our fallen nature. In our unregenerate state it rules, reigns, and tyrannises; and in our regenerate state, it still harasses, entangles, and tempts us in all we do. Some are proud of their learning, and some of their ignorance. Some are proud of their intellect, and some of their stupidity. Behold then,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:22-24

Ephesians 5:22-24Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord.Relation of husband and wife1.For the duly--“Submit yourselves.” Subjection in the general on God’s part noteth the subordination of one creature to another according to His wise disposal, as the imperfect to the more perfect, and this for the good of both; for it is so ordered, that in all relations comfort and duty shall go together. On our part it is a ready inclination to obey this order set by God; for every... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:25-27

Ephesians 5:25-27Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church.The love of Jesus for His ChurchI. The chosen Church, the object of the Saviour’s love.1. Observe what this Church was by nature. Sinful.2. Nay, more, this Church of Christ is made up of persons who are actually defiled by their own transgressions.3. The kind of love which Jesus bestows on His Church is that of a husband.(1) Special.(2) Constant.(3) A husband loves his wife with a hearty love, with a love that is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:30

Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.Membership in Christ’s bodyI. The nature of membership with the body of Christ.1. Members of the Church of Christ are such nominally and professedly. The Church is a visible organization--“a city set on a hill, which cannot be hid”--“the light of the world,” which must shine wherever it exists. Membership in Christ’s body supposes that we have been baptized, and are in the habit of receiving holy communion; also that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:18

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Ver. 18. And be not drunk with wine ] Nothing so opposite to an accurate life as drunkenness; which therefore is not specially prohibited in any one of the Ten Commandments (saith a divine) because it is not the single breach of any one, but in effect the violation of all and every one; it is no one, but all sins, the inlet and sluice to all other sins, and by them to the devil. Behemoth lieth in the fens, Job... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:19

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ver. 19. Speaking to yourselves, &c. ] As drunkards sing and halloo over their cups in their goodfellow meetings; so in a sober sense, do you express your spiritual jollity in psalms, &c. Melody in your hearts unto the Lord ] This is the best tune to any psalm. Spiritual songs they are called, both because they are indited by the Spirit, and because they... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:1-33

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:18

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:19

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:20

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:21

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:22-24

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:25-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:30

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:19

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