Then their true nature. "The light of the Good News clearly shows up the true nature of things. If the light, so called, of the mystery religions was true, it would show up their sins for what they really are!"
Verse 13. _BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED_] Dr. Macknight paraphrases this verse as follows: "_Now all these reprovable_ _actions_, ελεγχομενα, which are practised in celebrating these mysteries, _a...
BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED - Margin, discovered. The word used here properly means proved, demonstrated, reproved, or convicted (see the notes on John 16:8); but it seems here to be used in the...
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 WAY OF LIGHT AND THE WAY OF DARKNESS. There are other sins which among God's people, should be literally unmentionable fornication, uncleanness, coveting, filthiness, foolish speech, improper jest...
THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. You must behave as children of the light, for the fruit of light consists in all benevolence and righteousness and truth. You must decide...
MADE MANIFEST. Greek. _phaneroo_. App-106....
_all_things _that are reproved_ More lit., ALL THINGS, WHEN BEING REPROVED, or CONVICTED. _doth make manifest_ Render, certainly, IS MADE MANIFEST, or more precisely, IS BEING MANIFESTED. So the Lat....
ΤᾺ ΠΆΝΤΑ here must be taken quite generally. It is in strong contrast to τὰ κρυφῇ γινόμενα. St Paul does not mean that Gentile abominations become edifying by being dragged into the light. They are sh...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
ΕΛΕΓΧΌΜΕΝΑ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΈΛΈΓΧΩ, _см._ Ephesians 5:11. ΦΩΣ (G5457) свет, ΦΑΝΕΡΟΎΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) делать ясным, открывать; _pass._ становиться видимым, известным;...
BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED— See John 3:20. The Apostle's argument here, to keep the Ephesian converts from being misled by those who would persuade them that the Gentile impurities were indiffer...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 5:3-20) 3. Walk as children of light. Ephesians 5:3-14. a. Things the children of light do not do. Ephesians 5:3-8 a. (1) Do no
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. BUT - though 'done in secret.' THAT ARE REPROVED - rather [as there is no article befo...
__ No Participation with Unbelievers 2 The sacrifice of Christ has many aspects. The opening Chapter s of Leviticus deal with these in detail. The sin and trespass offering seem to be entirely for m...
5:13 exposed (b-8) Or 'expose [them]' -- that is, expose (as by light) their true character. _ Elenko_ . see John 3:20 . things (c-3) Or 'but all of them, having their true character exposed by the li...
THE OLD DARKNESS AND NEW LIGHT. RULES FOR THE MARRIED 1, 2. In close connexion with what precedes. 'It is the mark of beloved children to become imitators of a loving Father; practise the self-sacrif...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 5 5:1-14 ~ LOVE 5:1-7 ~ LIVE IN LOVE V1 You must try to be as much like God as you can. You are his...
BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED ARE MADE MANIFEST BY THE LIGHT. — This should properly be rendered, _But all things, when reproved, are illuminated by the light._ The translation “are made manifest”...
(3_b_) Ephesians 5:3 warn, with even greater fulness and emphasis, against the sins of impurity and lust, as incompatible with membership of the kingdom of heaven, as works of darkness, impossible to...
CHAPTER 23 THE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT Ephesians 5:7 The contrast between the Christian and heathen way of life is now, finally, to be set forth under St. Paul's familiar figure of the light and the d...
CHAPTER 22 DOCTRINE AND ETHICS Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:1 The homily that we have briefly reviewed in the last chapter demands further consideration. It affords a striking and instructive exampl...
A paragraph ruled by the general idea of the imitation of God in the forgiving love which has been appealed to in the preceding verse. In the light of that Divine example Paul charges his readers to f...
τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται, πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστί : _but all, when they are reproved, are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light_. Bo...
“REDEEMING THE TIME” Ephesians 5:13 The earlier verses remind us of Isaiah 60:1. Awake, thou Christian soul; arise from the, dust and put on thy beautiful garments! Stand on the mountain-peak of pray...
All that the apostle had been saying was emphasized by the statement of their relationship to God as he called them to be "imitators of God." Again he urged them to put off the old and put on the new....
Attitudes of Those In the Light In the worship of pagan gods, there were many immoral acts committed in secret places under the cover of darkness. God's children would blush even to talk about them ...
(1) В¶ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; (2) And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savo...
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...
I. INTRODUCTION A. As we return to the book of Ephesians, we continue our study on Christian behavior. 1. The Apostle Paul has just given the Ephesian Christians, (and us) a "list" of ungodly behavi...
13._But when all things are reproved. _As the participle, ( φανερούμενον,) which is translated,_that which doth make manifest, _is in the middle voice, it admits either of a passive or active signific...
Moreover, let us remark here, and it is an important feature in this picture of the fruits of grace and of the new man, that when the grace and love, which come down from God, act in man, they always...
BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED,.... As all sins should be, by the ministers of the Gospel, and by other saints, and will be by God; either by his Spirit convincing of them, or by his judgments, and...
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Ver. 13. _But all things that are, &c._] Or, But all these things, viz. these unfruitful w...
_But all things that are reproved_ Or, _discovered_, or _confuted_, as ελεγχομενα may be properly rendered; _are made manifest_ Have their iniquity laid open to the actors themselves, as well as to ot...
ARE MADE MANIFEST BY THE LIGHT; by the light that reproof sheds upon them, thus revealing their heinous character. WHATSOEVER DOTH MAKE MANIFEST IS LIGHT; rather, as the same word has just been rende...
BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED ARE MADE MANIFEST BY THE LIGHT; FOR WHATSOEVER DOTH MAKE MANIFEST IS LIGHT....
The children of light avoid the works of darkness:...
WALK IN LOVE (vs.1-7) Verses 1 and 2 of chapter 5 are closely connected with verse 32 of chapter 4. God's gracious character of love that delights to have us as His dear children is our example. The...
CHAPTER 5 We must not follow the ways of the old man. We must be ______________ of God. He is our Father. We are his _____________. We must __________ in love because Christ loved us. He gave himsel...
REPROVED: Or, discovered...
“BUT ALL THINGS WHEN THEY ARE REPROVED ARE MADE MANIFEST BY THE LIGHT: FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS MADE MANIFEST IS LIGHT” “Are made manifest by the light”: Exposed for what they really are. “All such acti...
3-14 Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against gross acts of sin, but against what some may make light of. But these things are so f...
BUT ALL THINGS; or all those things, viz. those unfruitful works of darkness, which are to be _reproved._ ARE MADE MANIFEST; i.e. in the minds and consciences of the sinners themselves. BY THE LIGHT;...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I Moreover, he styled life (Zoe) the light of men, because they are enlightened by her, that is, formed and made manifest. This also Paul declares in these words: "For...
Ephesians 5:13 But G1161 things G3956 exposed G1651 (G5746) manifest G5319 (G5743) by G5259 light G5457 for...
‘But all things when they are reproved (convicted, brought to light) are revealed openly by the light. For everything that is revealed openly is light.' The result of the convicting power of their liv...
Ephesians 5:13. BUT ALL THINGS. Either ‘all things' in general, or' all things spoken of in Ephesians 5:12. The principle is a general one, but as the connection with Ephesians 5:12 is close, it seems...
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...
_2. Precepts based upon the Self-sacrificing Love of Christ._ The connection of thought with chap. Ephesians 4:32 is very close; God's forgiving love is directly presented as a motive (‘therefore') fo...
ARE MADE MANIFEST BY THE LIGHT (υπο του φωτος φανερουτα). Turn on the light. Often the preacher is the only man brave enough to turn the light on the private sins of men and women or even those of...
Ephesians 5:13 The Light of God. I. Light comes from God. God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all; and therefore He wishes to give light to His children. He willeth not that the least of them...
Ephesians 5:1. _Be ye therefore followers of God,_ Or, imitators of God,- Ephesians 5:1. _As dear children;_ Children are naturally imitators. They are usually inclined to imitate their father; thi...
CONTENTS: Walk of the believer as God's child. The believer's warfare as filled with the Spirit. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: As members of the family of God, it is our duty to put on...
Ephesians 5:1. _Be ye followers of God as dear children,_ for children are expected to walk in their father's steps. He sends us rain and fruitful seasons, he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the...
_But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light._ THE LIGHT OF CHRISTIANITY REPROVING THE WORLD In the text we have-- 1. An assertion--“But all things that are reproved are made ma...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:1 New Life in Love. Paul gives general instructions for holy living. Purity of life comes from avoiding evil deeds and relationships and adopting holy practices....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 5:3. LET IT NOT BE ONCE NAMED.—After the things themselves are dead let their names never be heard. Ephesians 5:4. NOR JESTING.—“Chastened insolence,” as Ar...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 5:1 BE YE THEREFORE IMITATORS OF GOD, AS CHILDREN BELOVED. These words are closely connected with the preceding. In Ephesians 4:32 he had urged the example of God in one very mo...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ephesians, chapter 5. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children (Ephesians 5:1); Now, the therefore immediately points you back, back to the last verse of...
1 Corinthians 4:5; Hebrews 1:13; Hosea 2:10; Hosea 7:1; John 3:20;...
All things [τ α π α ν τ α]. More literally, they all, or all of them; the secret sins just mentioned. That are reproved [ε λ ε γ χ ο μ ε ν α]. Lit., being reproved. Rev., when they are reproved. Repro...
FOLLOWERS OF GOD Ephesians 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of today's chapter has a clear and clarion call to the children of God. It is something that we may not sidetrack or push aside....
But all things which are reproved, are thereby dragged out into the light, and made manifest — Shown in their proper colours, by the light. For whatsoever doth make manifest is light — That is, for no...