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EPHESIANS 4:17 e;qnh
The Textus Receptus adds loipa, before e;qnh, with the correctors of
two uncial manuscripts as well as the later uncials and most
minuscules (ac Db, c K L P Y arm al...
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Verse 17. _WALK NOT AS OTHER GENTILES WALK_] Ye are called to holiness
by the Gospel, the other Gentiles have no such calling; walk not as
_they_ walk. In this and the two following verses the apostle...
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THIS I SAY THEREFORE, AND TESTIFY IN THE LORD - I bear witness in the
name of the Lord Jesus, or ministering by his authority. The object of
this is, to exhort them to walk worthy of their high callin...
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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 OLD MAN AND THE NEW. Those who are now members of the true Israel
are no longer to walk as Gentiles, _i.e._ in the vanity of mind, the
darkness, the alienation from the Divine life which springs f...
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Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10)
With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians
1:1-23;...
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I say this and I solemnly lay it upon you in the Lord--you must no
longer live the kind of life the Gentiles live, for their minds are
concerned with empty things; their understandings are darkened; t...
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TESTIFY. Greek. _marturomai._ See Acts 20:26.
HENCEFORTH... NOT. no longer. Greek. _meketi._
OTHER. Omit.
GENTILES. the Gentiles. They _were_ Gentiles, but now are members of
the church His body. C...
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Practical Results: a spiritual revolution of principle and practice.
The Old Man and the New
17. _testify_ A word of solemn appeal occurring elsewhere in N. T.
only Acts 22:26 (St Paul speaking) and...
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17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
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THE CONTRAST IN PRINCIPLE
ΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ. Of solemn protest. Acts 20:26 (at Ephesus), Acts
26:22; Galatians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:12.
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17. St Paul resumes the exhortation begun in Ephesians 4:1. But this
time from the negative side—the side of the evil habits that have to
be given up. This section extends to Ephesians 4:14. It falls...
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ΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.)_ (G3143)
удостоверять, свидетельствовать,
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΕΪ́Ν _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ
(G4043) ходить, вести образ жизни. _Inf._
используется либо для выражения
по...
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_EPHESIANS 4:17_. — From this verse to Ephesians 4:24 the Apostle
exhorts the Ephesians wholly to forsake the _former conversation,_ in
which they had passed their lives, while they were Gentiles; and...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2)
B.
Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
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(4:17) "..futility of their thinking" is "empty thought processes".
"Stop being empty headed!" is the phrase. "Use your minds
intelligently and scripturally". Faith is not mindless, but rational,
tact...
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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth
walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
THEREFORE - resuming the exhortation (Ephesians 4:1), 'I therefore
b...
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Summary of Previous Grace
13 Before the revelation of the secret administration by means of this
epistle the saints among the nations were in a period of adolescence.
This is fully set forth by t...
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4:17 as (a-16) Lit. 'as also,' or 'even as.'...
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UNITY OF THE NEW LIFE. RULES FOR THE NEW LIFE
The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical
exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support
exhortation.
1-6...
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WALK] He returns from the lofty panegyric of Christian unity to the
lower but necessary topic of the Christian 'walk.' He began with 'do'
(Ephesians 4:1); here it is nearly all 'do not.'
18. Pagans, '...
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
CHAPTER 4
What Paul taught in Chapter s 1-3 was first about God and his Son
Jesus Christ. Then it was about th...
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[5.
PRACTICAL EXHORTATION (Ephesians 4:17).
(1) THE NEW LIFE; first, taught in Christ and learning Christ; and
secondly, regenerate in Him to the image of God (Ephesians 4:17).
(2) HENCE THE POWER...
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THIS I SAY THEREFORE. — The phrase “This I say” seems to be used
by St. Paul in returning (so to speak) from some lofty aspiration or
profound reasoning, in which some might not be able to follow him,...
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CHAPTER 19
ON CHRISTIAN MORALS
Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 5:1
THE WALK OF THE GENTILES
Ephesians 4:17
CHRIST has called into existence and formed around Him already a new
world. Those who
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A paragraph which takes up again the practical address begun with the
first verse of the chapter, but interrupted at Ephesians 4:4, and
contains solemn exhortations to withdraw from all conformity wit...
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τοῦτο οὖν λέγω καὶ μαρτύρομαι ἐν
Κυρίῳ : _this I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord_. The
οὖν has here its simple, resumptive force (_cf._ Donald., _Greek
Gram._, § 548, 31; Win.-Moult., p. 555)....
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BUILDING UP THE “BODY OF CHRIST”
Ephesians 4:11
Apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, are the gifts of
the risen Christ to His Church. There should be no rivalry among them.
Each has hi...
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The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the
present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the
earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance...
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The Old Man Walked in Sin
If the church would grow to the perfection of Christ, it must turn
from walking in the ways of the world. Particularly, Christians would
not pursue selfish ways (4:17). When...
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(17) В¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their
mind, (18) Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the...
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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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One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony.
No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The
discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play correc...
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17._This I say therefore. _That government which Christ has appointed
for the edification of his church has now been considered. He next
inquires what fruits the doctrine of the gospel ought to yield...
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The faithful were to seek in the dispositions mentioned above to
maintain this unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. There are
three things in this exhortation: first, to walk worthy of their
call...
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THIS I SAY THEREFORE AND TESTIFY IN THE LORD,.... These words may be
considered either as an assertion, and so a testimonial of the
different walk and conversation of the saints at Ephesus, from the
r...
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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk
not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ver. 17. _This I say therefore_] Matters of great importance must be
ur...
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_This I say, therefore_ For your further instruction, how to walk
worthy of your calling; (he returns to the subject which he began,
Ephesians 4:1;) _and testify in the Lord_ In the name and by the
au...
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IN THE VANITY OF THEIR MIND; devoted to vain and sinful pursuits....
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An admonition to spiritual renewal:...
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THAT THE GOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF GLORY, MAY GIVE
UNTO YOU THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM,
This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henc...
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Paul's exhortation and supplication for the Church as the body of
Christ:...
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RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY
(vs.1-6)
In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic
truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the
Church, the body of Chri...
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CHAPTER 4
Even though Paul is a ______________, he still urges us to walk in our
__________. This walk must be a ____________ one.
What does it mean to walk worthy? Paul gives us some words to
consi...
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“This. say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer
walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind”
“THIS. SAY THEREFORE”: Resuming the exhortation found in Ephesians
4:1-3....
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17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the
authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they
should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancie...
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THIS I SAY THEREFORE, AND TESTIFY IN THE LORD; I beseech or adjure you
by the Lord: see the like, ROMANS 12:1 PHILIPPIANS 2:1. THAT YE
HENCEFORTH WALK NOT AS OTHER GENTILES WALK, IN THE VANITY OF THEI...
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Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen
Wherefore the blessed apostle says: "I testify in the Lord, that ye
walk no longer as the Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind;
having their und...
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Ephesians 4:17 This G5124 say G3004 (G5719) therefore G3767 and G2532
testify G3143 (G5736) in G1722 Lord...
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EXHORTATION TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING (4:17-32).
‘This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer
walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind. Being
darkened in their un...
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1. _Exhortations based on the Contrast between the Old and New Man._
The exhortation of Ephesians 4:1-3 is resumed, but with all the added
force derived from the motives presented in Ephesians 4:4-16....
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Ephesians 4:17. THIS THEREFORE I SAY. ‘This' points to what follows;
‘therefore' may refer to what immediately precedes; it is better,
however, to find here a resumption of the exhortations begun in
E...
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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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THAT YE NO LONGER WALK
(μηκετ υμας περιπατειν). Infinitive (present
active) in indirect command (not indirect assertion) with accusative
υμας of general reference.IN VANITY OF THEIR MIND
(εν ματα...
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Ephesians 4:17
The Walk of the Gentiles.
I. As to the nature of this walk, one leading feature or
characteristic of it is vanity of mind. The life of men walking in the
vanity of their minds is eithe...
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Ephesians 4:17
The Life of God.
I. Let us see what St. Paul means when he talks about the Gentiles in
his day. For that also has to do with us. I said that every man,
Christian or heathen, has the sa...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,-_
«You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with
Chri...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you-_
Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can
hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all
lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one anot...
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CONTENTS: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of
gifts of Christ to His Body.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Considering to what state and condition God has...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you_ a
pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add
affliction to my bonds; _that ye walk worthy of the vocation wh...
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IN THE LORD'S NAME, THEN. "This is the Lord's command I speak to you!
Do not live any longer like the heathen do! They live lives that are
morally and intellectually futile! Do not be fooled by their...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:17 Paul’s Testimony. Paul explains
the new life in Christ that the Ephesians have experienced.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 4:17. THAT YE HENCEFORTH WALK NOT AS OTHER GENTILES
WALK.—In this and the two following verses we have again the lurid
picture of Ephesians 2:2: “in the van...
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EXPOSITION
PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE.
EPHESIANS 4:1
CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY
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Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is
a
prisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you]
that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are call...
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1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 15:50; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Peter
4:3;...
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This - therefore. Referring to what follows. Therefore, resuming the
exhortation of vers. 1 - 3.
Testify. Solemnly declare. Compare Acts 20:26; Galatians 5:3.
Other Gentiles. Omit other.
Vanity of t...
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THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE
Ephesians 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner
in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are
accus...
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This therefore I say — He returns thither where he begun, Ephesians
4:1. And testify in the Lord — In the name and by the authority of
the Lord Jesus. In the vanity of their mind — Having lost the
kno...
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Our apostle having finished this grand exhortation to love and unity
amongst all christians, and enforced it with the most weighty
arguments and motives in the former part of the chapter; comes now, i...