Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 5:29
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:His own flesh — That is, himself.Nourisheth and cherisheth — That is, feeds and clothes it. read more
Ephesians 5:18-32 Esv
John Wesley
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 5:30
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.For we — The reason why Christ nourishes and cherishes the church is, that close connexion between them which is here expressed in the words of Moses, originally spoken concerning Eve.Are members — Are as intimately united to Christ, in a spiritual sense, as if we were literally "flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone." read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.For this cause — Because of this intimate union. Genesis 2:24. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:18
18. And Not (as Eadie and others) marking “transition from general to particular,” but from one form of fleshly sin, sensuality, to another, inebriety, with its consequent riot. Be not drunk Drunkened, or made drunk with or by wine, the particular drink for the genial. Wherein In which. Our translation, referring the wherein to wine, and adding wherein is excess, conveys a true and striking meaning. In wine is the power to create and intensify the appetite for itself, and the... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:18-21
c. Against Gentile drunkenness and revelry be filled with the Holy Spirit, and joyous with holy hymns, Ephesians 5:18-21 . The anti-Church of Gentilism is filled with wine, and riotous with drunken song and clamour; St. Paul substitutes the holy Church of Christ as filled with the Holy Spirit and rapturous with psalm and hymn and melody of heart. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:19
19. Speaking to yourselves Voicing to each other. For the Greek word for speaking includes any vocal utterance. There may be allusion here to the antiphonal or responsive music, in which different parts of the choir alternated. Such was the manner of the Hebrew choral worship, and was very early adopted by the Christian Church. So the philosopher Pliny, but a little later than when Paul wrote these words, in his letter quoted in our vol. i, p. 5, says that the early Christians sang “in... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:20
20. Giving thanks While the mouths of gay Gentilism are filled with mad laughter, the true Church’s heart is overflowing with thanks unto God. Always For there is never a moment without its blessing. The drunkard is ever awaking from his mad fits to horror and despair; but with the Christian there is no interval of, and no room for, despondency. All things This may mean for, or in behalf of, all the Christians of the Church. For as there is no interval in the time of blessedness, so... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:21
21. Submitting yourselves Dr. Eadie thinks this “introduces a new train of thought;” but, on the contrary, it is only the finishing of the thought of the paragraph. The joyous melody of the heart which it inspires is to be sustained, and discords avoided, by mutual concession, nay, mutual submission, in honour preferring one another. Hence this submitting yourselves one to another strictly co-ordinates with, and completes, the speaking to each other in, etc., of Ephesians 5:19. In the... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:22
22. Submit yourselves So slight is the break from the previous to the present topic, that we are obliged to go back to Ephesians 5:21 to obtain this submit, the leading verb. For it is not found in the best copies of the text, and has undoubtedly been supplied by copyists, who perceived the blank without realizing the reason. Going back to Ephesians 5:21, we find that the mutual submission of Church members and the submission of wives, are expressed by the same word. It is the... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 5:28
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.As their own bodies — That is, as themselves.He that loveth his wife loveth himself — Which is not a sin, but an indisputable duty. read more