Grieve not the Holy Spirit — By any disobedience. Particularly by corrupt discourse; or by any of the following sins. Do not force him to withdraw from you, as a friend does whom you grieve by unkind behaviour. The day of redemption — That is, the day of judgment, in which our redemption will be completed.
Verse 30. _GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD_] By giving way to any wrong temper, unholy word, or unrighteous action. Even those who have already a measure of the light and life of God, both of which...
AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD - This is addressed to Christians, and it proves that it is possible for them to grieve the Holy Spirit. The word used here - λυπεῖτε lupeite - means properly to...
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
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...
So then strip yourselves of falsehood, and let each of you speak the truth with his neighbour, because we are all members of the same body. Be angry--but be angry in such a way that your anger is not...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
GRIEVE. Greek. _lupeo,_ occurs frequently; compare Romans 14:15. THE HOLY SPIRIT. App-101. WHEREBY. by (Greek. _en)_ Whom. The Giver here is the Sealer. ARE. were. SEALED. Compare Ephesians 1:13,...
_grieve not_ A distinct indication of the Personality of the Blessed Spirit. "Grief is certainly a personal affection, of which a Quality is not capable" (Pearson, _On the Creed_, Art. VIII). Putting...
The subject pursued: the revolution coming out in truthfulness, kindness, honesty, purity, patience, forgivingness 25. _Wherefore_ From these deep principles come now the more detailed inferences of h...
ΚΑῚ ΜῊ ΛΥΠΕΙ͂ΤΕ ΤῸ ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ ΤῸ ἍΓΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, Κ.Τ.Λ. Cf. Ephesians 1:13. This verse introduces a further consideration which would help to the control of the tongue, because the Spirit is especially...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
ΛΥΠΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΛΥΠΈΩ (G3076) огорчать, горевать. _Praes. imper._ с отр. ΜΉ (G3361) используется для запрета длительного и привычного действия. Дух, Который побуждает людей к истине,...
DISCOURSE: 2112 GRIEVING THE SPIRIT Ephesians 4:30. _Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption_. THE Holy Scriptures are not written after the manner of huma...
GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WHEREBY YE ARE SEALED.— The original is emphatical, _Grieve not that Holy Spirit of God;—whereby ye are sealed;_ that is to say, "As all the things, against which I...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2) B. Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. GRIEVE NOT - a touching condescension to human conceptions. Compare "vexed" (Isaiah 63:10; Psalms 78:40); "f...
__ 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...
4:30 for (i-16) _ Eis_ . see ch. 1.14....
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...
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...
AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT. — This verse refers to all the practical commands given above. The four cardinal sins forbidden are regarded as “grieving the Holy Spirit of God.” In that expression, e...
CHAPTER 21 DISCARDED VICES Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:1 The transformation described in the last paragraph (Ephesians 4:17) has now to be carried into detail. The vices of the old heathen self must...
καὶ μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ Θεοῦ : _and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God_. This is not a general exhortation, but one bearing, as the καί indicates, particularly on the preceding injunction...
A paragraph containing a series of detached, practical exhortations, dealing with certain evils to be forsworn and duties to be fulfilled. These injunctions are all based on the preceding statement, o...
PUTTING ON THE “NEW MAN” Ephesians 4:20 The Lord Jesus is our text-book and our teacher, the schoolhouse in which we are taught, and the object lesson in which all truth is enshrined. But all is in v...
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...
Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit Any involvement of Christians in the activities of the "old man" would grieve the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 63:10). Whenever we reject the teachings of the Bible, we are reject...
(18) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. (18) A general precept against all excess of affections which dwell in that part of the mind, which they...
_Grieve not the Holy Spirit: not that the Holy Ghost can be contristated. It is a metaphor; and the sense is, sin not against the Holy Ghost. (Witham) --- To contristate the Holy Spirit is a metaphori...
(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...
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...
_AN APOSTOLIC INJUNCTION_ ‘Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.’ Ephesians 4:30 How sad it is to grieve a friend! But to grieve the best of friends seems more than sad, more than culpable. We may gr...
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...
30._And grieve not. _As the Holy Spirit dwells in us, to him every part of our soul and of our body ought to be devoted. But if we give ourselves up to aught that is impure, we may be said to drive hi...
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...
AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,.... Not a believer's own spirit, sanctified by the Holy Ghost, which is grieved by sin; nor the spirit of a good man, that hears our words and sees our actions,...
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Ver. 30. _And grieve not, &c._] As men in heaviness cannot despatch their work as they were wont; so neither d...
_Let no corrupt communication_ Or discourse, dictated by corruption in the heart of the speaker, and tending to corrupt the minds or manners of hearers; _proceed out of your mouth_ At any time, or on...
GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT; by refusing or neglecting to follow his directions. SEALED; marked as the property, and distinguished as the children of God, by the effects which the Holy Spirit produces...
Of sins against Christian fellowship:...
AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WHEREBY YE ARE SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION....
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...
“AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, IN WHOM YE WERE SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION”. “Grieve not: “Don't cause the Holy Spirit sorrow” (Tay). If the Holy Spirit can be grieved, then obviously t...
29-32 Filthy words proceed from corruption in the speaker, and they corrupt the minds and manners of those who hear them: Christians should beware of all such discourse. It is the duty of Christians...
AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD; viz. by corrupt communication. The Spirit is said to be grieved when any thing is done by us, which, were he capable of such passions, might be matter of grief t...
Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Third How then can I live, since I have acted thus? "And he said to me, "Your feelings are indeed right and sound, for you ought as a servant of God to have walked in t...
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‘And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God in whom you were sealed unto the day of redemption.' The word for grieve may be rendered ‘make sorry, fill with regret'. That the Holy Spirit can be grieved emph...
Ephesians 4:30. AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, lit, ‘the Spirit, the Holy (Spirit) of God.' This emphatic form shows the importance of the command. The verb means to disturb, render sorrowful,...
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...
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....
GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD (μη λυπειτε το πνευμα το αγιον του θεου). "Cease grieving" or "do not have the habit of grieving." Who of us has not sometimes grieved the Holy Spirit?IN WHOM (ε...
Ephesians 4:30 The Sealing of the Soul. The presence of the Holy Ghost in the soul is many things. It is the life of the soul; it is the teaching of the soul; it is the comforting of the soul; it is...
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...
AND DO NOT MAKE. "If you use harmful words and live unholy lives, you will make God's Holy Spirit sad, and deprive yourself of His help!" GOD'S MARK OF OWNERSHIP. This mark of ownership was placed on...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:25 Encouragement for a Holy Lifestyle. Paul gives practical examples of how church members strengthen Christ’s body (compare vv. Ephesia
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:30 To GRIEVE the Holy Spirit means to cause him sorrow by one’s sin. SEALED. See note on 1:13. The DAY OF REDEMPTION
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 4:25. PUTTING AWAY LYING.—Findlay holds to it that “_the lie, the falsehood_, is objective and concrete; not _lying_, or _falsehood_, as a subjective act, h...
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 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; Acts 7:51;...
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...
Observe here, 1. The title given to the Spirit of God: he is styled the Holy Spirit, being essentially and infinitely holy in himself, and the author of all grace and holiness in us. Observe, 2. The a...