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 test.'
EPHESIANS 5:9 fwto,j {A} Instead of fwto,j the Textus Receptus reads pneu,matoj, with î46 Dc K Y 88 104 614 1739mg _al_. Although it can be argued that fwto...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
SPIRIT. App-101., but the texts read "light". GOODNESS. Compare Romans 15:14. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. TRUTH. See Ephesians 4:21....
_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...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
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...
ΚΑΡΠΌΣ (G2590) плод; здесь: результаты. ΆΓΑΘΩΣΎΝΗ (G19) _dat. sing._ благо (Galatians 5:22)....
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....
_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
(5:9,10) 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...
(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...
__ 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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
(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....
_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...
(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...
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...
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 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...
(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 _"_...
_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...
(FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS IN ALL GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH,)...
The children of light avoid the works of darkness:...
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 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...
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...
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...
Ephesians 5:9 for G1063 fruit G2590 Spirit G4151 in G1722 all G3956 goodness G19 G2532 righteousness G1343 and...
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 5:9. 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...
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...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:9 FRUIT OF LIGHT is similar to fruit of the Spirit (compare Galatians 5:22)....
_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 John 2:29; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 2:25;...
Is in. Consists in. The verse is parenthetical....
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....
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...
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...