Instead. Christian love is: acting toward others as God has acted toward you! These are positive qualities that the Spirit leads you to develop (as the written word teaches you)! Compare Ephesians 4:3; Galatians 5:22-26. [Contrast this with the Gentile philosopher Epictetus, who said: "If one is in affliction, thou may say to him, Thou hast pity on him, but take care not to feel any pity."]
EPHESIANS 4:32 u`mi/n {B} In the light of the earlier part of the sentence the reading u`mi/n, which is adequately supported by î46 a A G P 81 614 most of the Old Latin copsa, bo goth eth _al_, seems...
Verse Ephesians 4:32. _BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER_] γινεσθε χρηστοι. Be _kind_ and _obliging_ to each other; study _good breeding_ and _gentleness of_ _manners_. A Christian _cannot_ be a _savage_, and...
AND BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER - Benignant, mild, courteous, “polite” - χρηστοὶ chrēstoi. 1 Peter 3:8. Christianity produces true courteousness, or politeness. It does not make one rough, crabby, or...
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
EPHESIANS 4:25 TO EPHESIANS 5:2. PRECEPTS OF THE NEW LIFE. Away then with lying, resentment, stealing, foul talk, bad temper, lust. Remember the common membership (Ephesians 4:25). Give the devil no s...
So then strip yourselves of falsehood, and let each of you speak the truth with his neighbour, because we are all members of the same body. Be angry--but be angry in such a way that your anger is not...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
KIND. gracious. Greek. _chrestos._ App-184. TENDERHEARTED. tenderly compassionate. Greek. _eusplanchnos._ Only here and 1 Peter 3:8. FORGIVING, forgiven. App-184. ONE AN OTHER. each other. FOR CHR...
The subject pursued: the revolution coming out in truthfulness, kindness, honesty, purity, patience, forgivingness 25. _Wherefore_ From these deep principles come now the more detailed inferences of h...
_be_ Lit., BECOME; shew yourselves, in the actions and developments of life. _kind_ The Gr. word (noun or adj.) occurs in similar contexts, Luke 6:35; Romans 2:4; Romans 11:22 (" _goodness_");...
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
32. St Paul passes from the discord to sketch in a few pregnant lines the nature and the ground of the Christian harmony. ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ. ‘Show yourselves in thought and word and deed,’ ‘live according to yo...
ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, ΧΡΗΣΤΌΣ (G5543) полезный, достойный, хороший, добрый, благоприятный (BAGD; TDNT; NIDNTT; Gal. 5:22). ΕΎΣΠΛΑΓΧΝΟΣ (G2155) мягкосерд...
DISCOURSE: 2113 FORGIVENESS OF SINS Ephesians 4:32. _God, for Christ’s sake, hath forgiven you_. IF a minister of Christ is bound to preach the Gospel with all plainness and fidelity, he is no less b...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2) B. Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. AND - `But.' BE YE - `become' [ ginesthe (G1096)] (Luke 7:42;...
__ 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...
4:32 kind, (k-6) As 'good,' Luke 6:35 ; 1 Peter 2:3 . forgiving (l-8) forgiven (l-18) Or 'showing grace to,' 'shown grace to,' as Luke 7:42 ....
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...
KIND... TENDERHEARTED. — “Kindness” is gentleness in bearing with wrong (Luke 6:35; Romans 11:22; Ephesians 2:7; 1 Peter 2:3). “Tenderheartedness” (see...
(3 _a_) In Ephesians 4:31 to Ephesians 5:2, he deals with malignity, as utterly unworthy of the love of God manifested to us in Jesus Christ....
CHAPTER 21 DISCARDED VICES Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:1 The transformation described in the last paragraph (Ephesians 4:17) has now to be carried into detail. The vices of the old heathen self must...
A paragraph containing a series of detached, practical exhortations, dealing with certain evils to be forsworn and duties to be fulfilled. These injunctions are all based on the preceding statement, o...
γίνεσθε δὲ εἰς ἀλλήλους χρηστοί : _but become ye kind one to another_. The δέ is omitted by [478], _k_, 177, Clem., etc., while οὖν is substituted for it in [479] 1 [480], 114. It is bracketed by WH a...
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...
Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit Any involvement of Christians in the activities of the "old man" would grieve the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 63:10). Whenever we reject the teachings of the Bible, we are reject...
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, (19) even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (19) An argument taken from the example of Christ, most grave and strong, bo...
REFLECTIONS READER! pause over the very blessed things contained In this Chapter, in setting forth the oneness and unity in Christ, and his Church. And then say, what powerful persuasions are continua...
(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...
32._And be ye kind one to another. _With _bitterness _he contrasts _kindness, _or gentleness of countenance, language, and manners. And as this virtue will never reign in us, unless attended by _compa...
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 BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER,.... Good, affable, courteous; which appears in looks, words, and actions; by looking pleasantly on each other, speaking kindly to one another, and mutually doing every g...
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ver. 32. _And be ye kind_] χρηστοι. Sweet natured, facile, and fair conditioned;...
_Let all bitterness_ Of disposition or expression, or, as some render the word, _all peevishness; and wrath_ Or indignation, as θυμος seems here to signify; that is, anger mingled with contempt or dis...
Sacred regard to truth; freedom from violent, revengeful, or protracted anger; strict and conscientious integrity; diligence in lawful and useful business; compassion towards the needs, and a disposit...
AND BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, TENDER-HEARTED, FOR GIVING ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD FOR CHRIST'S SAKE HATH FORGIVEN YOU. The apostle here again, as in v. 25, mentions sins of the tongue: Every corrupt...
Of sins against Christian fellowship:...
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...
“AND BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING EACH OTHER, EVEN AS GOD ALSO IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU”. “And”: IN THE PLACE OF THE HORRIBLE ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS JUST MENTIONED. “Be ye”: “The pr...
29-32 Filthy words proceed from corruption in the speaker, and they corrupt the minds and manners of those who hear them: Christians should beware of all such discourse. It is the duty of Christians...
AND BE YE KIND; sweet, amiable, facile in words and conversation, LUKE 6:35. TENDER-HEARTED; merciful, quickly moved to compassion: so we have _bowels of mercies,_ COLOSSIANS 3:12. FORGIVING ONE ANOTH...
Tertullian On Modesty `giving in their turn just as Christ withal hath given to us; '[23]...
Ephesians 4:32 And G1161 be G1096 (G5737) kind G5543 another G1519 G240 tenderhearted G2155 forgiving G5483 ...
‘Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger and clamour, and railing, be put away from you with all malice, and you be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Chris...
Ephesians 4:32. BUT BECOME YE. ‘But' marks the contrast with Ephesians 4:31; ‘become' points to a process, indicating that the preceding warning was needed. KIND TO ONE ANOTHER; benignant, of a sweet...
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...
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....
BE YE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER (γινεσθε εις αλληλους χρηστο). Present middle imperative of γινομα, "keep on becoming kind (χρηστος, used of God in Romans 2:4) toward one another." See Colossians 3:12.TE...
Ephesians 4:31 Love the Foe and Conqueror of Selfishness. Christianity denies the assumption, and challenges it all along the line, that pursuit of the higher life need be, in any sense or degree, ne...
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...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:25 Encouragement for a Holy Lifestyle. Paul gives practical examples of how church members strengthen Christ’s body (compare vv. Ephesia
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 4:25. PUTTING AWAY LYING.—Findlay holds to it that “_the lie, the falsehood_, is objective and concrete; not _lying_, or _falsehood_, as a subjective act, h...
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 13:4; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 2:12; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 3:9;...
Be ye [γ ι ν ε σ θ ε]. Lit., become, as following the putting away of anger, etc. Kind [χ ρ η σ τ ο ι]. See on easy, Matthew 11:30; gracious, 1 Peter 2:3. Each other [ε α υ τ ο ι ς] Lit., yourselves....
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...
As God, showing himself kind and tenderhearted in the highest degree, hath forgiven you....