21. Heard him Preaching to you through his apostles. For the gospel is his living voice. As the truth is embodied in Jesus What that truth is we are told in the next paragraph. It is the truth of the renewal from the old depravities to the new purities. read more
22. That Depending on have been taught, in Ephesians 4:21. The verb is, indeed, in the infinitive, and the connexion would have been better preserved had the infinitive been retained. Having pictured the depravities of old Gentilism, 11-19, Paul contrastively adds: But not such the lessons you have received from Christ, if ye have indeed learned, as truth is embodied in him, to put off the old man of Gentile depravation, and put on the new man after God’s image. Concerning… conversation... read more
23. And be renewed Connected as an infinitive verb with the infinitive put off, in last verse, and governed by taught in Ephesians 4:21; taught to put off and to be renewed, and, Ephesians 4:24, to put on. And not only are these verbs in the infinitive, but it is important to note they are in the present tense, and thereby express a continuous process: that is, taught to be putting off, and to be being renewed, and to be putting on the new man. This process looks to... read more
24. After God So Colossians 3:10. “Renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him.” Created As Ellicott well notes, in the past tense, as if the image in which we are to be being renewed was itself created at first, though our renewal be a progressive work, to be completed at “the manifestation of the sons of God,” Romans 8:19, when we are to be completely “conformed to the image of his Son” at the final “regeneration,” Matthew 20:28, when we are “children,” or rather, ... read more
25. Wherefore In view of your sustaining this new contrast to your old Gentilism, put away in detail the individual Gentile vices. He is not satisfied with a conceptual contrast that may end in theory. He would root out every outward evil practice under the power of this inward renewal. Putting Rather, having put away; having at start renounced and stopped it. Lying Literally, the lie; the universal lie, outside and inside, vocal, acted, or purposed. This lie is identical with... read more
c. By putting off the (five) Gentile vices, Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:2 . The five Gentile vices here are: 1. Lying, Ephesians 4:25; 2. Anger, Ephesians 4:26-27; 3. Stealing, Ephesians 4:28; 4. Ribaldry, Ephesians 4:29-30; 5. Brawling, Ephesians 4:31; and Ephesians 5:1-2. To his warning against each vice St. Paul adds either its aggravation, as in 1 and 4; or a contrasted picture of the reverse virtue, as in 3 and 5. The contrast in Ephesians 4:5 is impressively extended. read more
26. Be… angry… sin not And if there be no sinless anger, this forbids all anger. They are welcome to any anger which violates not this proviso. And no doubt there is a sinless anger. For anger is all adverse emotion in view of any wrong done to ourself or against any law of right, and often suggesting the due punishment of the wrongdoer. The emotion is, in itself, right; is consistent with uninterrupted love; may be proportioned to the object; and it may not break the clear self-possession... read more
27. Place… devil For whom a man in a passion is a very exposed and endangered object. read more
28. Stole In the present steals. Steal no more St. Paul puts the maxim in the general form, so that if there be any one in the Church who does steal he may apply it. Some have been surprised that such a person could be supposed as being in an apostolic Church. But, as Meyer suggests, if there could be a fornicator in the Corinthian Church, there might be a stealer in the Ephesian Church; and, perhaps, apologists for both question how far the laws of marriage and the laws of property were... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:20
b. Be ye renewed from the old to the new man, Ephesians 4:20-24 . 20. But Now the vivid contrast of ye, from them; ye being emphatic; ye who have abandoned unscrupulous Gentilism. So In accordance with these Gentile depravities. Learned Christ As ye were once taught this selfish worldliness. Christ is the embodiment of a new purity, unselfishness, and unworldliness. read more