Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
Let him that stole, steal no more; but rather let him labour, working that which is good" (and to work is to labour in seeking the truth; for it is accompanied with rational well-doing), "that ye may have to give to him that has need,"[207]
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II
because He was made from the earth. Finally, Plato says that the human form[154]
Verse 24. _PUT ON THE NEW MAN_] Get a new nature; for in Christ Jesus-under the Christian dispensation, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new _creation_. Therefore ye mu...
AND THAT YE PUT ON THE NEW MAN - The new man refers to the renovated nature. This is called in other places, the “new creature, or the new creation” (see the notes on 2 Corinthians 5:17), and refers t...
3. THE WALK IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Chapter S 4:17-5:21 _ 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17)_ 2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20) 3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5
THE OLD MAN AND THE NEW. Those who are now members of the true Israel are no longer to walk as Gentiles, _i.e._ in the vanity of mind, the darkness, the alienation from the Divine life which springs f...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
I say this and I solemnly lay it upon you in the Lord--you must no longer live the kind of life the Gentiles live, for their minds are concerned with empty things; their understandings are darkened; t...
PUT ON. Greek. _enduo._ See Romans 13:12; Romans 13:14.Galatians 1:3, Gal 1:27. THE NEW MAN. The new nature. WHICH. that which. AFTER. App-104. IS. was (Aor.) created
Practical Results: a spiritual revolution of principle and practice. The Old Man and the New 17. _testify_ A word of solemn appeal occurring elsewhere in N. T. only Acts 22:26 (St Paul speaking) and...
_that ye put on_ See note on "put off," Ephesians 4:22. Here again is an aorist infinitive in the Gr.; and we may correspondingly paraphrase, "(you were taught) with regard to the fact that the new ma...
THE CONTRAST IN PRINCIPLE ΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ. Of solemn protest. Acts 20:26 (at Ephesus), Acts 26:22; Galatians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:12.
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
ΚΑῚ ἘΝΔΎΣΑΣΘΑΙ, the Aorist again. ‘Putting on’ is the natural antithesis to the ‘putting off,’ cf. Ephesians 4:22. Cf. Galatians 3:27; Romans 13:14 and esp....
ΈΝΔΎΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΈΝΔΎΟΜΑΙ (G1746) надевать. Часто относится к надеванию одежды. Этот _inf._ указывает на положительную сторону ст. 22, объект учения, ΚΤΙΣΘΈΝΤΑ _aor. pass._part,...
DISCOURSE: 2111 THE OLD MAN, AND THE NEW Ephesians 4:22. _That ye put off concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt, according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the sp...
TRUE HOLINESS.— As this stands in a beautiful contrast to _deceitful lusts,_ Ephesians 4:22 we may, with great propriety, retain our version; though archbishop Tillotson would translate the clause, _t...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2) B. Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. PUT ON THE NEW MAN - opposed to "the old man," which is to be "put off" (Ephesians 4:22) [ kainon (G25...
__ Summary of Previous Grace 13 Before the revelation of the secret administration by means of this epistle the saints among the nations were in a period of adolescence. This is fully set forth by t...
4:24 holiness. (e-19) Lit. 'righteousness and holiness of the truth.' see ver. 21....
THE NEW MAN WHICH AFTER GOD HATH BEEN CREATED is that fresh form of humanity, after the first divine patTERN, WHICH redemption has produced. IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS] RV 'in righteousness an...
UNITY OF THE NEW LIFE. RULES FOR THE NEW LIFE The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support exhortation. 1-6...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 4 What Paul taught in Chapter s 1-3 was first about God and his Son Jesus Christ. Then it was about th...
[5. PRACTICAL EXHORTATION (Ephesians 4:17). (1) THE NEW LIFE; first, taught in Christ and learning Christ; and secondly, regenerate in Him to the image of God (Ephesians 4:17). (2) HENCE THE POWER...
(22-24) These verses explain the substance of the teaching of Ephesians 4:21. The original may be interpreted either of the teaching of a fact, “that ye did put off... and are being renewed,” &c., or...
AND THAT YE PUT ON... — But this effect of “the putting off of the old man” is at once absorbed in the stronger idea of “putting on the new man.” In the “new man” here is implied not merely youthfulne...
CHAPTER 20 THE TWO HUMAN TYPES Ephesians 4:20 BUT as for you!-The apostle points us from heathendom to Christendom. From the men of blinded understanding and impure life he turns to the cleansed an...
καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινον ἄνθρωπον : _and put on the new man_. For ἐνδύσασθαι the imper. ἐνδύσασθε is read by some authorities of consequence ([448] [449] [450] 1 [451] 2, etc.). The aor. is appropria...
A paragraph which takes up again the practical address begun with the first verse of the chapter, but interrupted at Ephesians 4:4, and contains solemn exhortations to withdraw from all conformity wit...
PUTTING ON THE “NEW MAN” Ephesians 4:20 The Lord Jesus is our text-book and our teacher, the schoolhouse in which we are taught, and the object lesson in which all truth is enshrined. But all is in v...
The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance...
The New Life of Those Taught By Christ Paul did not have any doubt about the teaching they had received. Instead, he is preparing to remind them of Christ's teachings and the life they should live af...
And that ye put on the new man, which (g) after God is created (h) in righteousness and (i) true holiness. (g) After the image of God. (h) The effect and end of the new creation. (i) Not fake nor c...
(17) В¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, (18) Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony. No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play correc...
24._And that ye put on the new man. _All that is meant is, “Be renewed in the spirit, or, be renewed _within _or _completely, _— beginning with the mind, which appears to be the part most free from al...
The faithful were to seek in the dispositions mentioned above to maintain this unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. There are three things in this exhortation: first, to walk worthy of their call...
AND THAT YE PUT ON THE NEW MAN,.... Which some understand of Jesus Christ, who is truly and really man, and a new or extraordinary one, Jeremiah 31:22 and as such is God's creature, and is made after...
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ver. 24. _Which after God is created_] The new man is nothing else but the happy cluster of heavenly gra...
_But ye_ Believers at Ephesus; _have not so learned Christ_ Or Christianity; that is, ye cannot act thus, now ye are acquainted with Christ and his gospel, which, you know, allows of no sin. _If so be...
AFTER GOD; after God's image. IS CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS; literally, in righteousness and holiness of truth, in that righteousness and holiness which have their ground in the knowle...
An admonition to spiritual renewal:...
AND THAT YE PUT ON THE NEW MAN, WHICH AFTER GOD IS CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS. The apostle here takes up the thought of v. 1 again, which contains the fundamental admonition for the en...
RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY (vs.1-6) In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the Church, the body of Chri...
CHAPTER 4 Even though Paul is a ______________, he still urges us to walk in our __________. This walk must be a ____________ one. What does it mean to walk worthy? Paul gives us some words to consi...
TRUE HOLINESS: Or, holiness of truth...
“AND PUT ON THE NEW MAN, THAT AFTER GOD HATH BEEN CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS OF TRUTH” “And put on”: The Christian life contains much more than just "negative" instructions. We are not fin...
17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancie...
AND THAT YE PUT ON; the same metaphor of a garment as before, to show the intimateness of the new man with us, and its being an ornament to us. THE NEW MAN; i.e. a new disposition or constitution of t...
Ephesians 4:24 and G2532 on G1746 (G5670) new G2537 man G444 which G3588 created G2936 (G5685) according...
‘If so be that you heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, that you put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxes corrupt after the lusts of deceit,...
1. _Exhortations based on the Contrast between the Old and New Man._ The exhortation of Ephesians 4:1-3 is resumed, but with all the added force derived from the motives presented in Ephesians 4:4-16....
III. GENERAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES. This part of the Epistle is difficult to analyze. The ethical precepts are not arranged in any discoverable logical order. For convenience a division into two sections i...
Ephesians 4:22-24. These verses depend on the en-tire preceding thought. The substance of what you learned, of what you heard and were taught properly, ‘as is truth in Jesus,' was ‘that ye put off,' e...
Ephesians 4:24. AND THAT YE PUT ON; once for all. THE NEW MAN. ‘ NEW,' not ‘young,' as in Colossians 3:10. Comp. Romans 13:14: ‘Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ' Which after God hath been create
PUT ON (ενδυσασθα). First aorist middle infinitive of ενδυω (-νω), for which see Colossians 3:10.THE NEW MAN (τον καινον ανθρωπον). "The brand-new (see Ephesians 2:15) man," though τον νεον in Col...
NEW MAN The new man is the regenerate man as distinguished from the old man, (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 6:6), _ and is a new man as having become a partaker of the divine nature and life, (2 Peter...
Ephesians 4:24 I. The great purpose of the Gospel is our moral renewal: "the new man," created in righteousness and holiness. Notice (1) the profound sense of human sinfulness which underlies the tex...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you-_ Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one anot...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,-_ «You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with Chri...
CONTENTS: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of gifts of Christ to His Body. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul. CONCLUSION: Considering to what state and condition God has...
Ephesians 4:1. _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 wh...
YOU MUST PUT ON. Note this is said to those who are already Christians!!! The _Expositor's Greek Testament_ says: "... but as the holy form of human life which results from redemption,' created once f...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:24 PUT ON THE NEW SELF (literally, “man”; see note on v. 22). Believers are CREATED anew AFTER THE LIKENESS OF GOD. C
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:17 Paul’s Testimony. Paul explains the new life in Christ that the Ephesians have experienced. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 4:17. THAT YE HENCEFORTH WALK NOT AS OTHER GENTILES WALK.—In this and the two following verses we have again the lurid picture of Ephesians 2:2: “in the van...
EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. EPHESIANS 4:1 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY
Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is a prisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you] that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are call...
1 Corinthians 15:53; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 3:3; 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Co
New man [κ α ι ν ο ν]. See on Matthew 26:29. Created [κ τ ι σ θ ε ν τ α]. See on ch. Ephesians 2:10. In righteousness and true holiness [ε ν δ ι κ ι α ι ο σ υ ν η κ α ι ο σ ι ο τ η τ ι τ η ς α λ η θ...
THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE Ephesians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are accus...
The new man — Universal holiness. After — In the very image of God....