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Ephesians 4:8
Wherefore He saith, when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Wherefore He saith, when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
EPHESIANS 4:8 e;dwken {B} On the whole it appears that the reading without kai, is to be preferred, not only because it is supported by such diversified witnesses as î46 a* A D* G 33 88 it vg copsa,...
Verse 8. _WHEREFORE HE SAITH_] The reference seems to be to Psalms 68:18, which, however it may speak of the removal of the tabernacle, appears to have been intended to point out the glorious ascensi...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH - The word “he” is not in the original; and it may mean “the Scripture saith,” or “God saith.” The “point” of the argument here is, that Christ, when he ascended to heaven, obtained...
2. THE MINISTRY AND ITS PURPOSE CHAPTER 4:7-16 _ 1. Ministry according to the measure of the gift of Christ (Ephesians 4:7)_ 2. The needed and permanent gifts (Ephesians 4:11) 3. The purpose and th...
THE DOCTRINE OF GIFTS IN RELATION TO UNITY. Every Christian has his gift of grace: and the grace given to each is proportioned to the measure of Christ's giving (Ephesians 4:7). That is what Scripture...
So then, I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to behave yourselves in a way that is worthy of the calling with which you are called. I urge you to behave with all humility, and gentleness, and patien...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
To each one of you grace has been given, as it has been measured out to you by the free gift of Christ. Therefore scripture says, "He ascended into the height and brought his captive band of prisoners...
WHEN, &C. From Psalms 68:18. See App-107. UP. Omit. ON. App-104. HIGH. See Luke 1:78. Rendered "height" in Ephesians 3:18;...
_Whereforehe saith_ Or IT, i.e. the Scripture, SAITH. St Paul's usage in quotation leaves the subject of the verb undetermined here and in similar cases (see _e.g._ch. Ephesians 5:14). For him, the wo...
ΔΙὈ ΛΈΓΕΙ. Cf. Ephesians 5:14. Supply ἡ γραφὴ as in Romans 4:3; Romans 9:17; Romans 10:11;...
ΔΙΌ (G1352) итак (сказано). Эта формула вводит цитату из ВЗ, но не содержит полемической нотки, связанной со спорами о законе. Это срочный призыв внимательно слушать (Barth; BE, 107ff). О связи этого...
DISCOURSE: 2108 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST Ephesians 4:7. _Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led cap...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:1-16) II. Duties. Ephesians 4:1-32; Ephesians 5:1-33; E
(4:8) Speaking of the ascension of Christ to the right hand of the Father, Paul recalls Psalms 68:18--"captivity" refers to all those Old Testament saints held in Abraham's Bosom awaiting the Messiah'...
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. WHEREFORE - `for which reason,' namely, to intimate that Christ, the Head, is the author of thes...
__ Summary of the Present Grace 2 The present secret administration of which there is no hint in any Scriptures before this epistle was penned, consists essentially of three separate items, all of w...
4:8 says, (e-3) See Psalms 68:18 ....
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...
HE SAITH] There is no pronoun in the Greek, and the nominative may be 'it,' 'the Scripture,' viz. Psalms 68:18. The important parts of the quotation are 'He ascended' and 'gave gifts.' LED CAPTIVITY C...
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...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH. — The reference is to Psalms 68 — a psalm which (as the quotation from Numbers 10:35, in the first verse, shows) is a psalm celebrating some moving of the ark, traditionally (and m...
CHAPTER 17 THE MEASURE OF THE GIFT OF CHRIST Ephesians 4:7 In Ephesians 4:7 the apostle passes from the unities of the Church to its diversities, from the common foundation of the Christian life to...
With the fourth chapter begins the second main division of the Epistle. As in others of Paul's Epistles the doctrinal statement is followed by the practical enforcement of duty. Doctrinal consideratio...
διὸ λέγει : _wherefore He saith, when He ascended on high_. The διό introduces the words which follow as a _confirmation_ of what has just been said; and these words are not a parenthesis, but part of...
KEEPING THE “UNITY OF THE SPIRIT” Ephesians 4:1 Paul here admonishes lowliness in the presence of another's excellence; meekness in suffering injury; long-suffering under provocation; forbearance tow...
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...
Gifts Christ Gave to the Church In a few verses Paul is going to deal with special miraculous abilities given to some in the early church to sustain it until God's word could be set down in inspired w...
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led (g) captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (g) A multitude of captives....
He led captivity captive. [1] St. Jerome and others expound these words of Christ's delivering the pious souls that had died before his ascension, and which were detained in a place of rest which is c...
(7) But unto everyone of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. (8) Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (9) ...
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. Last week as we studies Chapter 3 of the book of Galatians, Paul told the Gentiles that they were equal with the Jews in Christ! 1. In fact we are all equal at the Cross! B. In C...
8._Therefore he saith. _To serve the purpose of his argument, Paul has departed not a little from the true meaning of this quotation. Wicked men charge him with having made an unfair use of Scripture....
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...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH,.... God in the Scripture, Psalms 68:18 WHEN HE ASCENDED UP ON HIGH; which is not to be understood of Moses's ascending up to the firmament at the giving of the law, as some Jewish...
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Ver. 8. _He led captivity captive, &c._] As in the Roman triumphs, the victor ascended up to the Ca...
_But_ Though there be so many, and those infinitely important particulars, in which the true members of the church agree, and which furnish such powerful motives to love and unity, yet there are some...
HE SAITH; PSALMS 68:18. The apostle does not quote literally, but gives the spirit and scope of the passage, which is, that the gifts received by the ascended Saviour he bestows upon men. ASCENDED UP...
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...
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...
CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE: Or, a multitude of captives...
“WHEREFORE HE SAITH, ‘WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN'” “Wherefore He saith”: “That is why it is said” (TCNT). “Concerning this the Scripture says” (Wms)....
7-16 Unto every believer is given some gift of grace, for their mutual help. All is given as seems best to Christ to bestow upon every one. He received for them, that he might give to them, a large m...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH; the psalmist. WHEN HE; Christ, God manifested in the flesh: and then what was spoken by the psalmist prophetically in the second person, is spoken by the apostle historically in th...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II For the Lord, through means of suffering, "ascending into the lofty place, led captivity captive, gave gifts to men,"[116] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V on hig...
Ephesians 4:8 Therefore G1352 says G3004 (G5719) ascended G305 (G5631) high G1519 G5311 captivity G162 ...
EXHORTATION TO ONENESS (4:1-16). Paul calls on them therefore now to be as one, and walk worthily of their calling....
‘Which is why he says, ‘When he ascended on high he led captivity (or ‘prisoners of war') captive and gave gifts to men.' ‘He says.' Some see this as meaning simply ‘it is said'. But there are good g...
Ephesians 4:8. WHEREFORE HE SAITH. The citation (Psalms 68:19) is to prove that Christ gives (‘wherefore'). ‘He,' which refers to God, is properly supplied, rather than ‘it' = the Scripture. When Paul...
II. MOTIVES FOR PRESERVING THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT. In this passage the leading thought is ‘ the unity of the Spirit; ' the duty of preserving it is not directly enjoined, but motives are presented:...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH (διο λεγε). As a confirmation of what Paul has said. No subject is expressed in the Greek and commentators argue whether it should be ο θεος (God) or η γραφη (Scripture). But it c...
Ephesians 4:7 The Church Edified and Edifying Itself. I. There are various outward appliances all meant for the edifying of the body of Christ. These may be regarded as comprehending generally all th...
Ephesians 4:8 , EPHESIANS 4:11 A Glorious Ascension. To ascend on high must have meant for Christ a large increase of His quickening influence, more power to act beneficially on human minds and heart...
Ephesians 4:8 The Origin of the Christian Clergy. No doubt from the first the Christian society which we now call a Church existed in Christ's faithful followers, even from the beginning, and whereso...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Psalms 68:18 Septuagint. "When Christ went up to the very heights of heaven itself, he took many captives with him (the evil spirits and powers who had made slaves of men by usi...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:8 IT SAYS. Paul cites Psalms 68:18 to show that Christ GAVE GIFTS to his people from what he had taken from
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:1 Unity of the Body of Christ. Paul shows how to apply the truths he has been teaching. There are three subsections: vv. Ephesians 4:1,...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 4:7. BUT UNTO EVERY ONE OF US IS GIVEN GRACE.—The distributing Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:11) leaves no humblest member of the body of Christ without his endo...
EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. EPHESIANS 4:1 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY
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...
1 Samuel 30:26; Colossians 2:15; Esther 2:18; Judges 5:12; Psalms 68:1
Wherefore. Confirming by Scripture what has just been said. When He ascended, etc. Quoted from Psalms 68:19 (LXX Psalms 67:18). The Hebrew reads : "Ascending to the height thou didst lead captive capt...
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...
Wherefore he saith — That is, in reference to which God saith by David, Having ascended on high, he led captivity captive — He triumphed over all his enemies, Satan, sin, and death, which had before e...
Does Paul inaccurately quote Psalms 68:18? PROBLEM: Paul quotes Psalms 68:18 saying, “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, andgave gifts to men” (Ephesians 4:8). Yet the OT Psalm reads,...