Ephesians 4:17-32 ASV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:1-32

Ephesians 4:1-2 . I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you a pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add affliction to my bonds; that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. We are called with a holy calling, according to his purpose and grace. 2 Timothy 1:9. We are called to come out from among the wicked, and to regard the earth only as the land of our pilgrimage. 2 Corinthians 6:17. We are called with a high and holy calling as the sons... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:17

Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind.Exhortation to converts1. Ministers of the Word must both speak, and with protestation enforce, the ways of God.2. We must do all good things in the Lord’s power.3. Our estate which we have in Christ must avail with us to leave oar old ways.4. We must not spend our time after grace as we did before.(1) It is more to God’s dishonour, and our own danger, to... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:18

Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the, life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.Spiritual blindnessA coward never knows what the ecstasy of courage is; and if you ask me why, my reply is, that he has not that in him by which he can know it. A man hearing a magnificent symphony of Beethoven says, “I would give more for ‘Yankee Doodle’ than for a thousand such symphonies.” Why? Because he has not that in him by... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:19

Ephesians 4:19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness.Past feelingThere are two great extremes into which persons fail with regard to Christian feeling. There are some whose religion seems to consist in feeling only. But remember that if your feeling is not based on solid acquaintance with Scriptural truth, it will rise like a bubble, and be as beautiful in its colours, but burst as easily. On the other hand there is religion without feeling Some persons seem to... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:20-21

Ephesians 4:20-21But ye have not so learned Christ. The Christian method of moral regenerationThe Christian method of moral regeneration includes three distinct processes.1. The renunciation of the previous moral life. The ethical change was not to be partial, but complete. But this complete moral revolution is not accomplished either by one supreme effort of our own will, or by any momentary shock of Divine power. It is a lifelong and painful process.(1) Self-examination is necessary. Our... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:22

Ephesians 4:22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.Morality the basis of pietyA Christian life, here, is regarded as it were from the latent similitude of raiment. As a beggar puts off his rags--his tattered and torn habiliments--and is clothed like an honoured man; so we are to put off the old man and his deeds--clothing, as it were--and put on the new man, created in righteousness and true holiness. Or, as one that... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:23

Ephesians 4:23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind Renewal in the spirit of the mindThe renewal takes place not simply in the mind, but in the spirit of it.It is the special seat of renewal. The mind remains as before, both in its intellectual and emotional structure--in its memory and judgment, imagination and perception. These powers do not in themselves need renewal, and regeneration brings neither new faculties nor susceptibilities. The organism of the mind survives as it was, but the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:24

Ephesians 4:24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.Putting onObserve--I. That Christian life begins in renunciation, but does not finish there. It is a great mistake to imagine that Christian life ends with renunciation, or that renunciation constitutes the sum of that life. Great, however, as that mistake may be, it very largely prevails, and works much mischief. It is felt that Christian life is chiefly occupied with sacrifice and... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:25

Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, putting away lying.LyingI. Lying is an abominable habit.1. To lie is diametrically opposed to truth, therefore to the whole Diving law, and not to one commandment only, as other sins.2. Truth is a perfection of the Godhead, while lying is the sin of the devil.3. Lying is very detrimental to human society. The greatest blessing in the world is the intercourse--the communion--of man with man. If this blessing be taken away, the whole world would be turned into chaos. Such... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:26

Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.Dissuasive from angerI. A general principle. It must keep clear of sin “be ye angry, and sin not.”1. Unjust anger is clearly wrong.2. Excessive anger comes under the same condemnation.3. Personal anger is scarcely ever without sin; yet this is the character of the greater number of cases. We are angry with the person, rather than with his misconduct.4. Selfish anger may always be suspected of sin.II. A special rule.... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:1-32

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:17

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:18

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:19

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:20-21

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:22

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:23

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:24

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:25

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:26

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