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Verse 9. _FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT_] Instead of _Spirit_,
πνευματος, ABD*EFG, the _Syriac, Coptic, Sahidic, AEthiopic,_
_Armenian, Vulgate_, and _Itala_, together with several of the
_fathers_, re...
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FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT - That is, since the Holy Spirit through
the gospel produces goodness, righteousness, and truth, see that you
exhibit these in your lives, and thus show that you are the ch...
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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
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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...
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THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
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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...
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SPIRIT. App-101., but the texts read "light".
GOODNESS. Compare Romans 15:14.
RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191.
TRUTH. See Ephesians 4:21....
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_for_ The suppressed link of thought is, "Walk in a path wholly
_unlike_that of the disobedient; _for_the path of the light must be
such."
_the fruit of the Spirit_ Cp. Galatians 5:22. But the literar...
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17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
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Ὁ ΓᾺΡ ΚΑΡΠῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΦΩΤῸΣ. See Ephesians 5:1.
This clause defines both the character of the children of light and
the blessings inherent in the light which they are called to radiate.
ἈΓΑΘΩΣΎΝΗΙ. Kindne...
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ΚΑΡΠΌΣ (G2590) плод; здесь: результаты.
ΆΓΑΘΩΣΎΝΗ (G19) _dat. sing._ благо (Galatians 5:22)....
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DISCOURSE: 2117
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
Ephesians 5:9. _The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and
righteousness, and truth_.
THERE is in the minds of many a prejudice against the writings of St....
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_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
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(5:9,10) Light produces fruit, not from behavior, but from its very
nature. "Fruit" is singular. "Goodness, righteousness, and truth" are
all part of the singular fruit of light. As we live as the lig...
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(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and
truth;)
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT - taken from . 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g,
Vulgate, read 'the fruit of THE LIGHT:' in contrast with...
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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...
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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT] This comes from Galatians 5:22; 'fruit of the
light' is right here (RV).
10. 'Those who walk as children of light find out by experience what
God's will is: light is always a tes...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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FOR THE FRUIT... — The true reading is, _of the Light,_ for which
the easier phrase, “the fruit of the Spirit,” has been
substituted, to the great detriment of the force and coherency of the
whole pas...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος [φωτός]:
_for the fruit of the Spirit_ [_the light_]. The reading of the TR,
τοῦ πνεύματος, which is that of such uncials as [540] 3
[541] [542], most cursives, Syr.-P., Chr...
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WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT
Ephesians 5:1
It is indeed a high calling to imitate God and to walk in love after
the measure of Christ; but it will be impossible unless we open our
innermost heart to the...
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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....
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Walking As Children of Light
The Ephesian brethren had been involved in the wicked ways of darkness
before they obeyed the truth. In Christ, they were light because sin
had been put away. So, Paul adm...
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(For the fruit of the (d) Spirit [is] in all goodness and
righteousness and truth;)
(d) By whose power we are made light in the Lord....
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_For the fruit of the light. So the Latin and divers Greek copies; not
the fruit of the spirit, as we read in many Greek manuscripts; and in
this Dr. Wells thought fit to change the Protestant transla...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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9._For the fruit of the light. _(157) This parenthesis is introduced,
to point out the road in which the _children of light _ought to walk.
A complete description is not given, but a few parts of a ho...
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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...
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FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT,.... Either of the spirit of man, as
renewed, or rather of the Spirit of God; the allusion is to fruits of
trees: the believer is a tree of righteousness; Christ is his roo...
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(For the fruit of the Spirit _is_ in all goodness and righteousness
and truth;)
Ver. 9. _For the fruit of the Spirit_] Why grace is called fruit, see
note: _See Trapp on "_ Gal 5:22 _"_...
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_For ye were sometimes_ That is, _once; darkness_ In a state of total
blindness and ignorance, without any light of instruction without, or
divine grace within, and therefore had some excuse for livin...
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(FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS IN ALL GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
TRUTH,)...
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The children of light avoid the works of darkness:...
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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...
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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...
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“(FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT IS IN ALL GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND TRUTH)”
“For the fruit of the light”: “The outcome of life in the
Light” (TCNT). “The light produces in men quite the opposite of...
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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...
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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT; either in the fruit or work of the new
nature, or of the Holy Ghost, by whom we are made light in the Lord:
see GALATIANS 5:22. IN ALL GOODNESS; either a general virtue in
opp...
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Ephesians 5:9 for G1063 fruit G2590 Spirit G4151 in G1722 all G3956
goodness G19 G2532 righteousness G1343 and...
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_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...
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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...
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Ephesians 5:9. FOR. This verse is a parenthetic reason for the last
exhortation, inciting them to walk thus.
THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT; ‘Spirit' is poorly supported, apparently
taken from Galatians 5:2...
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THE FRUIT OF LIGHT
(ο καρπος του φωτος). Two metaphors (fruit, light)
combined. See Galatians 5:22 for "the fruit of the Spirit." The late
MSS. have "spirit" here in place of "light."GOODNESS
(αγα...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
(_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
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Ephesians 5:9
The Fruit of Light.
We ought to read, "The Fruit of Light." It is all about light and
darkness, as we see here. "Spirit" has been introduced instead of the
word "light." The text shoul...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THAT BRINGS A RICH HARVEST. The pagan mystery religions stressed
_ecstatic experience_ as a fruit or harvest of their version of
_light._ Paul makes it plain that the true harvest which _light_
brings...
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_For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and
truth._
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
1. The author, the Holy Spirit.
2. The fruits of His sanctifying operations enumerated, “All
go...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:9 FRUIT OF LIGHT is similar to fruit
of the Spirit (compare Galatians 5:22)....
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 2:25;...
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Is in. Consists in. The verse is parenthetical....
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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....
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The fruit of the light — Opposite to " the unfruitful works of
darkness," Ephesians 4:11. Is in — That is, consists in. Goodness
and righteousness and truth — Opposite to the sins spoken of,
Ephesians...
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These words contain. reason why the Ephesians, who were once darkness,
but then enlightened by the Holy Spirit, should walk as children of
the light; namely, because the fruits of that light, or of th...