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Ephesians 5:14

Becomes light. The TEV gives the literal translation, the NIV the meaning. Alford understands this: "The light of your Christian life, which will be by your reproof (censure) shed upon these deeds of darkness, will bring them out of the category of darkness into light." That is why. Some think this quotation is from an early Christian baptismal hymn. This kind of language was associated with baptism very quickly (compare Hebrews 6:4). Baptism was viewed as the climax of being raised from the dead (spiritually) into the light of Christ (Colossians 2:12).

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    EPHESIANS 5:14 evpifau,sei soi o` Cristo,j {A} Instead of “Christ will shine upon you,” strongly supported by a wide range of witnesses, several Western witnesses substitute either “Christ will touch...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 14. _WHEREFORE HE SAITH_] It is a matter of doubt and controversy whence this saying is derived. Some think it taken from Isaiah 26:19: _Thy dead men shall live; with my dead body shall they ar...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEREFORE HE SAITH - Margin, or “it.” Διὸ λέγει Dio legei. The meaning may be, either that the Lord says, or the Scripture. Much difficulty has been experienced in endeavoring to ascertain “where” t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AWAKE. App-178. SLEEPEST. art sleeping. Greek. _katheudo._ App-171. ARISE. App-178. FROM THE DEAD. App-139. SHALL... LIGHT. will shine upon thee. Greek. _epiphauo_. occurs only here.. paraphrase o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Wherefore_ With regard to the fact that whatever is really brought to light, in the sense of true spiritual conviction, becomes light. he _saith_ Or possibly IT (the Scripture) SAITH. See note on Ep...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΔΙῸ ΛΈΓΕΙ. ‘Wherefore one saith.’ The quotation is not taken from the O.T. though Isaiah 60:1 f. has some points of contact with the thought of it. Nor is it apparently taken from any Apocryphal sourc...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΦΑΝΕΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ, _см._ Ephesians 5:13. ΔΙΌ ΛΈΓΕΙ _см._ Ephesians 4:8. Очевидно, Павел использует вольную адаптацию Isaiah 26:19 и 61:1 (RWP; Eadie; _см._ особ. А

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 2118 AN EXHORTATION TO CARELESS SINNERS Ephesians 5:14. _Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light_. THERE is a harmony in the Scriptures which ma...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEREFORE HE SAITH, AWAKE, &C.— _"Wherefore,_ when God is speaking in the prophecies of the Old Testament, of the calling of the Gentiles, and of the light which they should have by Christ, he says in...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. WHEREFORE - referring to the whole foregoing argument (Ephesians 5:8; Ephesians 5:11;...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ 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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:14 thee. (d-22) See Isaiah 60:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE SAITH] rather,' it saith' = 'it is said.' The quotation is probably from a Christian hymn, based on Isaiah 60:1 : cp. 1 Timothy 3:16. 15-21. 'Be most careful then in conduct. Beware of folly; in p...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHEREFORE HE (or, _it_) SAITH. — This phrase is used (as also in James 4:6) in Ephesians 4:8 to introduce a scriptural quotation; and the most natural completion of the elliptical expression is by the...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    διὸ λέγει, Ἔγειραι ὁ καθεύδων καὶ ἀνάστα ἑκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ χριστός : _Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee_. So the R...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Wherefore (f) he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the (g) dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (f) The scripture, or God in the scripture. (g) He speaks of the death of sin....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Rise, thou that sleepest. The sense may be taken from Isaias lx. 1. St. Jerome thinks they may be cited from work not canonical. (Witham)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. I pause over this verse. Who is the speaker but God the Spirit. And to whom doth the Lord...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    14._Wherefore he saith. _Interpreters are at great pains to discover the passage of Scripture which Paul appears to quote, and which is nowhere to be found. I shall state my opinion. He first exhibits...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEREFORE HE SAITH,.... Either the man that is light in the Lord, who reproves the unfruitful works of darkness; or else the Holy Ghost by Paul, who here speaks after the manner of the prophets; or Go...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ver. 14. _Wherefore he saith_] Or, the Scriptare saith. See the like, James 4:6; "But he givet...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    HE SAITH; the Lord saith, namely, by the general tenor of his word. SLEEPEST; are stupid and senseless in the darkness and pollution of sin. ARISE FROM THE DEAD; wake from death in sin to a sense of...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The children of light avoid the works of darkness:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WHEREFORE, HE SAITH, AWAKE, THOU THAT SLEEPEST, AND ARISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST SHALL GIVE THEE LIGHT. The Ephesian Christians, like those of every city since, were in the minority in the city, a...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    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...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    “WHEREFORE HE SAITH, ‘AWAKE, THOU THAT SLEEPEST, AND ARISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST SHALL SHINE UPON THEE'” “Wherefore”: “BECAUSE OF THE REPROVING JUST ENJOINED UPON THE EPHESIANS. REPROVING CALL TO...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE SAITH; either God by the prophets, of whose preaching this is the sum; it may allude in particular to ISAIAH 60:1. Or, Christ by his ministers, in the preaching of the gospel, who daily calls men t...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen After the accusation of such a witness, and his invocation of God, what else remains for the unbelieving than judgment and condemnation? And the Lord,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ephesians 5:14 Therefore G1352 says G3004 (G5719) Awake G1453 (G5669) sleep G2518 (G5723) G2532 Arise...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘For this reason he says, “Awake you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you”.' We do not know the source of this saying. It may well be a conflation of Isaiah 60:1 combined w...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Ephesians 5:14. WHEREFORE HE SAITH, _i.e.,_ God saith; comp. chap. Ephesians 4:8. The connection of this verse also has been much discussed. It seems best to regard it as a confirmation of Ephesians 5...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WHEREFORE HE SAITH (διο λεγε). Apparently a free adaptation of Isaiah 26:19; Isaiah 60:1. The form αναστα for αναστηθ (second person singular imperative second aorist active of ανιστημ) occurs in A...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light._ A CALL TO SLUMBERING SOULS I. The character of those addressed. 1. If you allow yourself i...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:14 IT SAYS. The quotation combines the thought of several verses, including Isaiah 60:1 (see also...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:34; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Timothy 1:10;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    He saith. God. This use of the personal pronoun is frequent in Paul's writings. See Galatians 3:16; Ephesians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 6:16. Awake. etc. The quotation is probably a combination and free rend...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Wherefore he — God. Saith — In the general tenor of his word, to all who are still in darkness. Awake thou that steepest — In ignorance of God and thyself; in stupid insensibility. And arise from the...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    The last argument which our apostle offers to consideration, for enforcing the duty of reproving the unfruitful workers and works of darkness, is drawn from the example of God himself, whose great des...

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