For this cause
(αντ τουτου). "Answering to this" = ενεκεν τουτου of Genesis 2:24, in the sense of αντ seen in ανθ' ων (Luke 12:3). This whole verse is a practical quotation and application of the language to Paul's argument here. In Matthew 19:5 Jesus quotes Genesis 2:24. It seems absurd to make Paul mean Christ here by ανθρωπος (man) as some commentators do.
Verse 31. _SHALL BE JOINED UNTO HIS WIFE_] προσκολληθησεται. He shall be _glued_ or _cemented_ to her; and, as a _well-glued_ board will sooner _break_ in the _whole wood_ than in the _glued joint_, s...
FOR THIS CAUSE - Ἀντὶ τόυτου Anti toutou. This verse is a quotation from Genesis 2:24, and contains the account of the institution of marriage. The meaning of the phrase rendered “for this cause” i...
4. MANIFESTATION IN THE FAMILY-RELATIONSHIP Chapter S 5:22-6:4 _ 1. Wives representative of the Church (Ephesians 5:22)_ 2. Husbands representative of Christ (Ephesians 5:25) 3. The mystery: concer...
EPHESIANS 5:22 TO EPHESIANS 6:9. SUBORDINATION IN THE FEAR OF CHRIST. The principle is illustrated by the relation (_a)_ of wives to husbands, (_b)_ of children to parents, (_c_) of slaves to masters....
Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord; for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the Church, though there is this great difference, that Christ is the Saviour...
THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
FOR, &C. From Genesis 2:24. See App-107. CAUSE. Omit. MAN. App-123. SHALL BE. shall. JOINED. cleave. Greek. _proskoollaomai._ Occurs elsewhere, Matthew 19:5.Mark 10:7;...
Special Exhortations: the Christian Home: Wife and Husband 22. _Wives_ Cp. Colossians 3:18; 1 Peter 3:1-6. In Col. the corresponding instructions about domestic duty are drawn expressly from the truth...
_For this cause_, &c. The Gr. in this verse is practically identical with that of Genesis 2:24. We may reverently infer that the Apostle was guided to see in that verse a Divine parable of the Coming...
Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IN CHRISTIAN LIGHT Cf. Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1;...
THE DUTY OF THE HUSBAND...
31.ἈΝΤῚ ΤΟΎΤΟΥ Κ.Τ.Λ. Genesis 2:24 = LXX. with ἀντὶ for ἕνεκεν and πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα for τῇ γυναικὶ, and om. of αὐτοῦ after πατέρα and μητέρα. For this use of ἀντὶ cf. ἀνθʼ ὦν, 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Lk...
ΆΝΤΪ ΤΟΎΤΟΥ (G473; G3778) из-за этого, по этой причине, ΚΑΤΑΛΕΊΨΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΛΕΊΠΩ (G2641) оставлять позади, ΠΡΟΣΚΟΛΛΗΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΟΛΛΆΩ (G4347) прилепляться, соед...
DISCOURSE: 2121 THE MARRIAGE UNION Ephesians 5:21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the he...
FOR WE ARE MEMBERS, &C.— The Apostle had here two things in view; the one was, to press men to love their wives, by the example of Christ's love to his church; and the force of the argument lay in thi...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 5:21-33) C. Subject yourselves one to another. Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9. 1. The command....
(5:31) Paul borrows the command of God to Adam in Genesis that made the marriage bond the primary union for man on earth. Man and woman who come together in marriage have "become one flesh" before God...
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. FOR THIS CAUSE. The propagation of the Church from Christ, as that of Eye...
__ 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...
5:31 be (a-23) Lit 'to one flesh,' that is, shall become so, and so be accounted. see Note, 1 Corinthians 6:16 . flesh. (b-25) See Genesis 2:24 ....
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...
(4 _a._) In Ephesians 5:22. St. Paul passes from warning against special sins to consider the three great relations of life, first considered as “subjections,” and so illustrating the general precept...
[5. Practical Exhortation continued (Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9). (4) THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF LIFE. (_a_) _Between husbands and wives_ — a relation w...
FOR THIS CAUSE. — In spite of much authority, it seems far simpler to consider the words “Even as the Lord... His bones” as parenthetical, and refer back to Ephesians 5:28. In exactly the same way our...
CHAPTER 25 ON FAMILY LIFE Ephesians 5:22; Ephesians 6:1. CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE Ephesians 5:22 In mutual subjection the Christian spirit has its sharpest trials and attains its finest temper.
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 which, in dealing with the duties of wives and husbands as seen in the new light of Christian truth, gives the Christian ideal of the marriage-relation. It is the loftiest conception of th...
ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος [τὸν] πατέρα [αὐτοῦ] καὶ [τὴν] μητέρα : _for this cause shall a man leave_ [_his_] _father and mother_. Lachm. and Tregelles omit τόν and τήν; which are bracketed by WH...
LOVE OF HUSBAND AND WIFE Ephesians 5:22 The Apostle has been urging us to be filled with the Spirit, and now proceeds to show how Spirit-filled people should act in their homes. He has been exhortin...
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....
Reasons a Man Should Love His Wife Christ actually put the love of the church above the love of his own body when he died on Calvary. In marriage, man and woman become one, thus when the husband loves...
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall (r) be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. (r) See Matthew 19:5...
He that loveth his wife, loveth himself. St. Paul would have this a love like that which a man hath for himself, or for his own flesh, when they are now joined in wedlock, and are become as it were on...
(22) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. (23) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. (24)...
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. The last few teachings in Ephesians we have concentrated on Christian behavior. 1. Last week, we specifically dealt with the behavior of a Godly wife as it related to her husband....
31._For this cause. _This is an exact quotation from the writings of Moses. (Genesis 2:24.) And what does it mean? As Eve was formed out of the substance of her husband, and thus was a part of himself...
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...
FOR THIS CAUSE SHALL A MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,.... These words contain the law of marriage, and are cited from Genesis 2:24; and declare what ought to be, and are a prophecy of what should be...
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. Ver. 31. _For this cause, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 19:5 _"_ _See Trapp on...
Eph. 5:30-32. "For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one fles...
But to return to the subject from which this pleasing digression has led us: _So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies_ That is, as themselves, or a part of themselves; the bond of marriag...
FOR THIS CAUSE; on account of the oneness which God has formed between a man and his wife, which represents the union between Christ and believers, and is somewhat like the union between the soul and...
Further application of the comparison:...
FOR THIS CAUSE SHALL A MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND SHALL BE JOINED UNTO HIS WIFE, AND THEY TWO SHALL BE ONE FLESH....
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...
“FOR THIS CAUSE SHALL. MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND SHALL CLEAVE TO HIS WIFE; AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH” “For this cause”: Quotation from Genesis 2:24. “The edict of God from the begi...
22-33 The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives. The lov...
FOR THIS CAUSE; because the woman was formed of the flesh and bones of the man. He refers to Adam's words, GENESIS 2:24. SHALL A MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER; as to cohabitation, and domestic conve...
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul For, inasmuch as Adam straightway predicted that "great mystery of Christ and the church,"[79] Tertullian Against Marcion Book III and to the Ephesians giving an i...
Ephesians 5:31 For G473 reason G5127 man G444 leave G2641 (G5692) his G846 father G3962 and G2532 mother...
‘For this reason will a man leave father and mother and will cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This is cited from Genesis 2:24, also cited with approval by Jesus (Matthew 19:5)...
HUSBANDS AND WIVES ARE A PATTERN OF CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH (5:22-33). In this passage there is a constant movement from the husband wife relationship to that of Christ and His church. In one sense it i...
Ephesians 5:31. FOR THIS CAUSE, etc. The Apostle cites Genesis 2:24, somewhat freely from the LXX. The Apostle recalls a passage based upon the fact of Eve's having been taken out of Adam. Whether the...
IV. SPECIAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES IN HOUSEHOLD RELATIONS. (1.) Of wives and husbands; chap. Ephesians 5:22-33. (2.) Of children and parents; chap. Ephesians 6:1-4. (3.). Of servants and masters; chap. Ephe...
1. _Christian Duties of Wives and Husbands._ All the relative duties discussed in this portion of the Epistle are based upon the fact of a common relation to Christ: the exhortations are all ‘in the L...
Ephesians 5:22 On Marriage. I. Consider how the earthly and the heavenly views of Christian marriage which the Apostle presents to us are thoroughly one, and cannot be separated. It was an old delusi...
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...
AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Genesis 2:24. This quotation points to a separation from others, and to a permanent union! It also implies that Christ left his home with the Father for the sake of his _spiritu...
_For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh._ HUSBANDS AND WIVES Marriage is the most dignified, honourable, and helpf...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:31 God joins husbands and wives together to become ONE FLESH (Genesis 2:24; see also...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 5:22. SUBMIT YOURSELVES.—Same word as in previous verse; neither here nor there does it involve any loss of self-respect. The wife’s tribute to her husband’...
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 6:16; Genesis 2:24; Mark 10:7; Mark 10:8; Matthew 19:5...
Shall be joined [π ρ ο σ κ ο λ λ η θ η σ ε τ α ι]. Only here; and Mark 10:7. See on Luke 14:15. The compound verb denotes most intimate union. Shall be one flesh [ε σ ο ν τ α ι ε ι ς σ α ρ κ α μ ι α...
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....
For this cause — Because of this intimate union. Genesis 2:24....
Here the apostle uses. farther argument to excite the husband's love to his espoused wife, taken from the law of marriage, which maketh them two one flesh in. civil sense; therefore the man should lea...