Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

Ephesians 4:21

If so be that ye heard Him [ε ι γ ε α υ τ ο ν η κ ο υ σ α τ ε]. The indicative mood implies the truth of the supposition : if ye heard as ye did. Him is emphatic. If it was Him that ye heard. Compare John 10:27.

By Him [ε ν α υ τ ω]. Rev., correctly, in Him. In fellowship with. As the truth is in Jesus [κ α θ ω ς ε σ τ ι ν α λ η θ ε ι α ε ν τ ω ι η σ ο υ]. As corresponds with not so. Ye did not in such a manner learn Christ if ye were taught in such a manner as is truth, etc. Render, as Rev., as truth is in Jesus. Schaff paraphrases : "If you were taught so that what you received is true as embodied in the personal Savior." " Taught in the lines of eternal fact and spiritual reality which meet in him " [μ ο υ λ ε]. Jesus is used rather than Christ : the historical rather than the official name. The life of Christianity consists in believing fellowship with the historic Jesus, who is the Christ of prophecy.

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Ephesians 4:21

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