Ephesians 5:6

Let noman deceive you See for similar warnings Romans 16:18; 1Co 3:18; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Col 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; James 1:26.

vain Lit., empty; alien to the solidityof the immoveable factsthat the body cannot sin without sin of the spirit; that body and spirit alike are concerned in eternal retribution; that the wrath of God is no figure of speech, and that His love cannot possibly modify His holiness. "Vain words" on these matters, and therefore such cautions as this, are never obsolete. Human sin began (Genesis 3) with exactly such deceits, and they are the subtlest ingredient still in the secret of temptation.

cometh is coming; is on its way, till in "the day of wrath" (Romans 2:5) it falls.

the wrath of God For this awful phrase cp. John 3:36; Romans 1:18; Romans 2:5; Romans 2:8; Romans 5:9; Romans 9:22; Colossians 3:6 (parallel here); 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 6:16; Revelation 19:15; &c. And see note above on Ephesians 2:3 ("children of wrath").

children Lit., sons. For the Hebraism, see above on the same phrase, Ephesians 2:2.