Ye know [ι σ τ ε γ ι ν ω σ κ ο ν τ ε ς]. The A. V. fails to give the whole force of the expression, which is, ye know recognizing. Rev., ye know of a surety.
Idolater. Compare Colossians 3:5, and see on 1 Corinthians 5:10.
EPHESIANS 5:5 o[ Instead of the conventional formula o[ evstin (“that is to say”), which koine Greek can employ “without reference to the gender of the word explained or to that of the word which exp...
Verse Ephesians 5:5. _FOR THIS YE KNOW_] Ye must be convinced of the dangerous and ruinous tendency of such a spirit and conduct, when ye know that persons of this character can never inherit the kin...
FOR THIS YE KNOW - Be assured of this. The object here is to deter from indulgence in those vices by the solemn assurance that no one who committed them could possibly be saved. NOR UNCLEAN PERSON -...
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)...
You must become imitators of God, as well loved children imitate their father. You must live in love, as Christ loved you, and gave himself to God as a sacrifice and an offering, a sacrifice which was...
KNOW. App-132. WHOREMONGER. fornicator. COVETOUS. avaricious. Greek. _pleonektes._ See 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:10. WHO. whi
ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓᾺΡ ἼΣΤΕ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ. ‘Ye know by your own observation’ or ‘Observe and know.’ It is interesting to notice with Robinson that this combination is found once or perhaps twice in LXX. as the rend...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
ΪΣΤΕ _perf. ind. act._/imp. от ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ Вероятно, эту форму лучше всего воспринимать как _imper._, возможно, это отражение еврейского влияния, с последующим _pa...
DISCOURSE: 2115 FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF INDULGED SIN Ephesians 5:5. _This ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of C...
NOR COVETOUS MAN, WHO IS AN IDOLATER,— In whatever sense _covetousness_ is used, it may be called _idolatry;_ as it is setting up _something else,_ and, be it what it will, something comparatively _ve...
_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
(5:5) "For" introduces a reason. You are to avoid the patterns of life just listed above for a primary reason--Because a person who exhibits a life of sexual immorality, impurity, or greed "is an idol...
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. THIS YE KNOW. 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g....
__ 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...
5:5 lust, (m-19) As 'greedy unsatisfied lust,' ch. 4.19. It means the lust of having, but is not confined to gain. see Mark 7:22 . knowing (q-8) 'Informed of' is conscious knowledge; 'knowing' is obje...
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...
(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...
FOR THIS YE KNOW. — The true reading of the original is curiously emphatic. It runs thus: _For this ye know, knowing_... But, as it uses two different words, in the former clause properly “ye know” an...
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...
τοῦτο γὰρ ἴστε γινώσκοντες : _for this ye know, being aware that_. The TR reads ἐστε = _ye are_ (with [523] 3 [524] [525], Theod., Theophyl., etc.), taking it with the participle as = “ye are aware”....
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...
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....
Things Love Will Not Let One Do Those whose lives are directed by love will not indulge in any uncontrolled lusts, whether sexual or monetary in nature. Paul says even talking about such thoughts tend...
(2) For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an (b) idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. (2) Because these sins are such that...
_Nor covetous person, which is a serving of idols. It is clear enough by the Greek that the covetous man is called an idolater, whose idol in mammon; though it may be also said of other sinners, that...
(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...
5._For this ye know. _If his readers were at all captivated by the allurements of those vices which have been enumerated, the consequence would be that they would lend a hesitating or careless ear to...
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 YE KNOW,.... Or, "know ye this", as the Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read: THAT NO WHOREMONGER, NOR UNCLEAN PERSON; anyone that is...
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Ver. 5. _Who is an idolater_] Dancing about...
_For this ye know_ Of this ye cannot be ignorant, favoured as you have been with the light of the gospel, _that no whoremonger, &c., hath any inheritance_ Here or hereafter; _in the kingdom of Christ...
COVETOUS MAN; one who regards supremely earthly good. See note to verse Ephesians 5:3....
FOR THIS YE KNOW, THAT NO WHOREMONGER, NOR UNCLEAN PERSON, NOR COVETOUS MAN, WHO IS AN IDOLATER, HATH ANY IN HERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST AND OF GOD. The first verses of this chapter really conc...
A WARNING, PRINCIPALLY AGAINST THE SINS OF UNCLEANNESS. The imitation of God excludes uncleanness:...
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 YE KNOW OF. SURETY, THAT NO FORNICATOR, NOR UNCLEAN PERSON, NOR COVETOUS MAN, WHO IS AN IDOLATER, HATH ANY INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST AND GOD” “For this ye know”: The Ephesians had...
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...
NOR COVETOUS MAN, WHO IS AN IDOLATER; because he serves Mammon instead of God, loves his riches more than God, and placeth his hope in them. HATH ANY INHERITANCE; without repentance; for he speaks of...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "For know this well," says the apostle, "that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom o...
Ephesians 5:5 For G1063 this G5124 know G2075 (G5748) G1097 (G5723) that G3754 no G3756...
‘For this you know of a surety that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.' Paul strongly reinforces what he has...
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...
Ephesians 5:5. FOR OF THIS YE ARE SURE, KNOWING, etc. ‘For' introduces the ground for the preceding prohibitions in an appeal to the Christian knowledge of the readers. It seems better to refer ‘this'...
YE KNOW OF A SURETY (ιστε γινωσκοντες). The correct text has ιστε, not εστε. It is the same form for present indicative (second person plural) and imperative, probably indicative here, "ye know." B...
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...
YOU MAY BE SURE OF THIS. "The message of the Good News teaches you that no man, even a Christian, who is immoral, indecent, or greedy (Ephesians 5:3) will ever receive a share in the Kingdom (Matthew...
_For this we know, that no whoremonger nor unclean person._ SOUL IDOLATRY EXCLUDES MEN FROM HEAVEN There are thirteen acts of soul worship; and to give any one of them to anything besides the God of...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:5 IDOLATER. See Colossians 3:5. INHERITANCE. See...
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 6:10; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:17;...
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....
Our apostle, considering how exceeding common the fore-mentioned sins were among the Gentiles, and how ready persons were to esteem lightly of them, advises the Ephesians here not to entertain in thei...