Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. GIVE, [ parechesthe (G3930)] - 'afford on your side.' EQUAL, [ teen (G3588) isoteeta (G2471)]. As the slaves owe duties to you, so you equally owe to them duties as masters. Compare not... [ Continue Reading ]
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; CONTINUE, [ proskartereite (G4342)] - 'Continue perseveringly' (Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18). IN (YOUR: tee (G3588 )) PRAYER (1 Peter 4:7). WATCH IN THE SAME - in prayer: watching against our natural indolence as to, and in, prayer.... [ Continue Reading ]
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: FOR US - myself and Timothy (). A DOOR OF UTTERANCE - `a door for the Word.' Not as in , where "utterance" is his request. Here an opportunity for preachin... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT I MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST, AS I OUGHT TO SPEAK._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. IN WISDOM - practical, Christian. (Notes, Ephesians 5:15) THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT - those not in the Christian brotherhood (; ). The brethren, through love, will make allowance for indiscretion in a brother; the world will make non... [ Continue Reading ]
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. WITH GRACE - `IN grace' as its clement, investiture (; ). Contrast those "of the world" who "therefore speak of the world" (). Even the smallest leaf of the believer should be full of the... [ Continue Reading ]
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: THI ( Eh621) TYCHICUS (note, ). A BELOVED BROTHER - the beloved brother; the article remarks him as well-known to them. Three titles - "beloved brother," in relation t... [ Continue Reading ]
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; THAT HE MIGHT [MAY: gnoo (G1097 )] KNOW YOUR ESTATE - answering to Colossians 4:7. So C and Vulgate. But 'Aleph (') A B 'Aleph (') G f g, 'that YE may know ( gnoote (G1097)) OUR state.' Perhap... [ Continue Reading ]
With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. ONESIMUS - the slave mentioned in , , "a brother beloved:" Paul's son in the faith; therefore sent with Tychicus as his safeguard, and put under the spiritual protecti... [ Continue Reading ]
Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) ARISTARCHUS - a Macedonian of Thessalonica, dragged into the theater at Ephesus during the tumult with Gaius, they being "Paul's companions... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. JUSTUS - i:e., righteous; a common Jewish name [Hebrew, tsadiyq (H6662)] (Acts 1:23). OF THE CIRCUMCISION - Aristarchus, Marcus, and Jesus... [ Continue Reading ]
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. CHRIST. So Delta G f g. But 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, add 'Jesus.' LABOURING FERVENTLY, [ agoonizomenos (G75)] - 'striv... [ Continue Reading ]
For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. A GREAT ZEAL. 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, have 'much labour' [ ponon (G4192) for zeelon (G2205)]. FOR YOU - lest you should be seduced (Colossians 2:4). How anxious then you should be... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. LUKE, THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN (the evangelist) - may have first become connected with Paul in professionally attending on him in the sickness under which he laboured in Phrygia and Galatia (where he was detained by sickness), in the early part of... [ Continue Reading ]
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. NYMPHAS - of Laodicea, specified as a person of importance: contracted from Nymphodorus. CHURCH WHICH IS IN HIS HOUSE. So Delta G f g, Vulgate, read. 'Aleph (') A C, 'THEIR house.' B, 'HER house,' whi... [ Continue Reading ]
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. THE LETTER FROM LAODICEA - my letter to the Laodiceans, which you will get from them on applying to them. Not that to the Ephesians; for it is... [ Continue Reading ]
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. SAY TO ARCHIPPUS. The Colossians (not merely, the clergy) are directed-`Speak ye to Archippus.' Scripture belongs to the laity as well as the clergy: laymen may profitably admonish the cler... [ Continue Reading ]
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with Paul's autograph salutation (so ; note, : cf. , with ), attesting that this letter, through written by an amanuensis, is from himself. REMEMBER MY BONDS - already mentioned, , and - an incentive to them to love and pray for... [ Continue Reading ]