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CHAPTER V.
_Christians should imitate their heavenly Father, and walk in_
_love, after the example of Christ_, 1, 2.
_They should avoid all uncleanness, impurity, covetousness, and_
_foolish jesti...
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BE YE THEREFORE FOLLOWERS OF GOD - Greek, “Be imitators -
μιμηταὶ mimētai - of God.” The idea is not that they were
to be the friends of God, or numbered among his followers, but that
they were to i...
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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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EPHESIANS 4:25 TO EPHESIANS 5:2. PRECEPTS OF THE NEW LIFE. Away then
with lying, resentment, stealing, foul talk, bad temper, lust.
Remember the common membership (Ephesians 4:25). Give the devil no
s...
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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...
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THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
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FOLLOWERS. imitators. Greek. _mimetes._ See 1 Corinthians 4:16.
GOD. App-98.
DEAR. beloved. App-135.
CHILDREN. App-108....
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Ephesians 5:1-14. The subject pursued: Christ's Sacrifice the supreme
example of self-sacrifice: Purity: Reproof of darkness by light
1. _therefore_ The argument passes unbroken from the previous wor...
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17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
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ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΜΙΜΗΤΑῚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, ὩΣ
ΤΈΚΝΑ�. The thought of the Divine Example is repeated and
enforced by reference to the thought of the Fatherhood of God
(bringing the passage into yet closer relat...
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ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096)
становиться. _Praes. imper._ указывает на
образ жизни,
ΜΙΜΗΤΑΊ _pl. от_ ΜΙΜΗΤΉΣ (G3402)
подражатель. Последующий _gen._
указывает на пример для...
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BE YE THEREFORE, &C.— "Since therefore God is so exceedingly good
and merciful in the exercise of his pardoning grace toward you (ch.
Ephesians 4:32.), let this excite you to be (μιμηται) imitators
of...
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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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(5:1,2) "Therefore" means, "because you are children of God, be like
(imitate) your Father". This does not say that we are to imitate
Christ. Rather, we are to imitate the Father, who made it His purp...
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Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
BE YE, [ ginesthe (G1096)] - 'become.'
THEREFORE - since 'God in Christ forgave you' (Ephesians 4:32).
FOLLOWERS - Greek, 'imitators' of God...
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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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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...
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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...
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(3 _a_) In Ephesians 4:31 to Ephesians 5:2, he deals with malignity,
as utterly unworthy of the love of God manifested to us in Jesus
Christ....
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FOLLOWERS OF GOD. — The phrase is unique and very striking;
literally, _imitators of God_: and the word “therefore” implies
that this imitation of God must be chiefly in His essential attribute
of lov...
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V.
(1, 2) These verses are an expansion and enforcement of the last verse
of Ephesians 4. There the forgiveness of “God in Christ” is set
forth in one pregnant phrase. Here the two parts of this idea...
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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...
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γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ : _become ye
therefore imitators of God_. γίνεσθε, as in Ephesians 4:32, =
“become ye,” rather than “be ye”. This γίνεσθε also
resumes the former γίνεσθε (Ephesians 4:32),...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Walking In Love Like God
God extended his forgiveness to all men through the loving gift of his
Son on Calvary. Paul's reference in 4:32 to Christians forgiving as
God forgives led him to encourage t...
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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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_THE HIGHEST DIGNITY OF MAN_
‘Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in
love, as Christ also hath loved us.’
Ephesians 5:1
We can follow God in love. In this ability our highe...
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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...
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1._Be ye therefore followers. _The same principle is followed out and
enforced by the consideration that children ought to be like their
father. He reminds us that we are the children of God, and that...
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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...
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BE YE THEREFORE FOLLOWERS OF GOD,.... Not in his works of infinite
wisdom and almighty power, which is impossible; but in acts of
righteousness and holiness, and particularly in acts of mercy,
goodnes...
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Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ver. 1. _Be ye therefore followers_] In forgiving one another.
_ As dear children_] God hath but a few such children. _See Trapp on
"_ Mat 5:45 _...
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_Therefore_ Because you are forgiven by God, and have been so much
loved; (Ephesians 4:32;) _be ye followers_ Μιμηται, _imitators,
of God_ In loving and forgiving; _as dear_ Αγαπητα, _beloved,
childre...
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FOLLOWERS OF GOD; imitators of him, especially in his love to men. We
have reason for everlasting gratitude to God that he has given us a
perfect example; and it should be our great object perfectly t...
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A WARNING, PRINCIPALLY AGAINST THE SINS OF UNCLEANNESS.
The imitation of God excludes uncleanness:...
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BE YE, THEREFORE, FOLLOWERS OF GOD, AS DEAR CHILDREN;...
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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...
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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...
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“BE YE THEREFORE IMITATORS OF GOD, AS BELOVED CHILDREN”
Ephesians
chapter Ephesians 5:22-33
“The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians is rightly regarded as the
most profound of his writings but he empl...
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1,2 Because God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you, therefore be ye
followers of God, imitators of God. Resemble him especially in his
love and pardoning goodness, as becomes those beloved by their...
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EPHESIANS CHAPTER 5 EPHESIANS 5:1,2 Paul exhorteth to the imitation of
God, and of the love of Christ, EPHESIANS 5:3,4 to avoid fornication
and all uncleanness, EPHESIANS 5:5,6 which exclude from, the
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
I have become acquainted with your name, much-beloved in God, which ye
have acquired by the habit of righteousness, according to the faith
and love in Jesus Chris...
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Ephesians 5:1 Therefore G3767 be G1096 (G5737) imitators G3402 God
G2316 as G5613 dear G27 children G5043...
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THE CHRISTIAN WALK IN LOVE, LIGHT AND WISDOM (5:1-21).
‘Therefore you be imitators of God as beloved children, and walk in
love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an
offering...
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Ephesians 5:1. BECOME THEREFORE. ‘Therefore' connects the
exhortation with chap. Ephesians 4:31-32, but there is an advance in
thought, so that a new section begins here. Strictly speaking
Ephesians 5...
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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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_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...
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IMITATORS OF GOD
(μιμητα του θεου). This old word from μιμεομα Paul
boldly uses. If we are to be like God, we must imitate him....
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Ephesians 5:1
Christ's Acts of Love the Christian's Model.
I. Christ took our flesh that in it He might go up and down among us;
that in it He might be seen by us; that in it He might speak to us,
an...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SINCE YOU ARE. "Do not imitate the viciously immoral character of the
heathen _gods_! You are God's dear children and you must try to
imitate his perfect character, especially his forgiving love!...
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_Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children._
IMITATORS OF GOD
The apostle urges us to give and forgive. If ye be imitators of God,
give, for He is always giving.
I. Consider the precept he...
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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....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 5:1. FOLLOWERS OF GOD.—R.V. _imitators_. St. Paul gathers
up all duties into one expression, “imitation of God,” and urges
them on his readers by a reminder...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 4:11; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:16;...
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Be ye [γ ι ν ε σ θ ε]. Become, as ch. 4 32.
Followers [μ ι μ η τ α ι]. Rev, correctly, imitators.
Dear [α γ α π η τ α] Rev., beloved. As those to whom Christ has
shown love...
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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....
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Be ye therefore followers — Imitators. Of God — In forgiving and
loving. O how much more honourable and more happy, to be an imitator
of God, than of Homer, Virgil, or Alexander the Great!...
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Our apostle having, in the conclusion of the foregoing chapter,
exhorted the Ephesians to mutual offices of love and kindness towards
each other, in the beginning of this chapter he makes use of sever...