Efesios 5:6-21 NVI

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:6

6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Ver. 6. Let no man deceive you ] So as to make you think there is no such danger in fornication, covetousness, &c. There wanted not such proctors for hell in the primitive times, as may be gathered out of2 Peter 2:1-3; 2 Peter 2:1-3 ; Judges 1:6-11 . Against these he here cautioneth. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:7

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. Ver. 7. Be not ye therefore partakers ] Lest by infection of their sin ye come under infliction of their punishment. We are accountable as well for sins of communion as of commission; and he knew what he said, that prayed, From mine other men’s sins, good Lord, deliver me. Evil men endanger good men as weeds the corn, as bad humours the blood, or an infected house the neighbourhood. And when an overflowing storm sweeps away the wicked, the tail of it... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:8

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: Ver. 8. For ye were sometimes darkness ] Which hath in it (as Mr Dugard well noteth): 1. Error. 2. Terror. 3. Inconsistency with light. 4. Impossibility of reducing itself to light. But now are ye light ] Semper in sole sita est Rhodos, saith Sylvius. The saints are always in the sunshine. Walk as children of light ] A godly man should be like a crystal glass with a light in the midst, which... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:9

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Ver. 9. For the fruit of the Spirit ] Why grace is called fruit, see note: See Trapp on " Gal 5:22 " read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:10

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Ver. 10. Proving what is acceptable ] By the practice of what you know. Let your knowledge and obedience run parallel, mutually transfusing life and vigour one into another. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:11

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them . Ver. 11. Have no fellowship ] No needless society for fear of infection; get the wind of those stinking carcases; "hate the garment spotted by the flesh," that is, avoid ill company (saith Perkins), as Leviticus 15:4 . The Lacedaemonians would not allow a stranger to be with them more than three days; and shall we associate ourselves with such as are strangers to God? Works of darkness ] Work done in... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:12

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. Ver. 12. For it is a shame ] Sit honos auribus. Joannes a Casa so far forgot both honesty and nature, that he boasted openly of his beastly sodomy; yea, most impudently commended that odious sin in an Italian poem, set forth in print. Faber of Vienna, another filthy Papist, published such a stinking book that Erasmus thus wrote to him, " Mente cares, si res agitur tibi seria: rursus Fronte cares, si sic... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:13

13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Ver. 13. But all things that are, &c. ] Or, But all these things, viz. these unfruitful works of darkness, while they are reproved or discovered by the light (viz. of the word, as 1 Corinthians 14:24 ; Heb 4:12 ), are made manifest; so that thereby they grow abashed and abased before God and men. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:14

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ver. 14. Wherefore he saith ] Or, the Scriptare saith. See the like, James 4:6 ; "But he giveth (or the Scripture giveth) more grace." It convinceth not only, but converteth; it discovereth not only, but cureth corrupt hearts. These waters of the sanctuary are healing, Isaiah 9:2 ; Isaiah 26:19 ; Isaiah 60:1 . Some there are that interpret this "he" of our Saviour Christ, and take this... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:15

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Ver. 15. See then that ye walk circumspectly ] Precisely, exactly, accurately, by line and by rule, and as it were in a frame, striving to get up to the top of godliness, as the word importeth; to keep God’s commandments to the utmost, to go to the extremity of it, ακριβως εις ακρον Βαινειν . Hereunto if we stand straightly, one may say safely, Lord, if I be deceived, thou and thy word have deceived me. Not as fools ]... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:6

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:11

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:13

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