Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ephesians 5:18
Wherein is excess — That is, which leads to debauchery of every kind. But be ye filled with the Spirit — In all his graces, who gives a more noble pleasure than wine can do.
Wherein is excess — That is, which leads to debauchery of every kind. But be ye filled with the Spirit — In all his graces, who gives a more noble pleasure than wine can do.
Verse 18. _BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE, WHEREIN IS EXCESS_] This is a farther allusion to the _Bacchanalian mysteries_; in them his votaries got drunk, and ran into all manner of excesses. _Plato_, though...
AND BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE - A danger to which they were exposed and a vice to which those around them were much addicted. Compare notes on Luke 21:34. It is not improbable that in this verse there is...
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...
THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
Be very careful how you live. Do not live like unwise men, but like wise men. Use your time with all economy for these are evil days. That is the reason why you must not be senseless, but you must und...
BE... DRUNK. Greek. _methuskomai._ Only here; Luke 12:45; 1 Thessalonians 5:7. WHEREIN. by (Greek. _en)_ which. EXCESS. debauchery. Greek. _asotia._ Only here; Titus 1:6;...
The subject pursued: the talent of time: temperance: spiritual songs: thanksgiving: humility 15. _See then_ The more general exhortation to a holy life-walk is resumed here, after the special entreat...
_drunk with wine_ Cp. for similar cautions, Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 23:30-31; Luke 21:34; Rom 13:13; 1 Corinthians 5:11;...
ΚΑῚ ΜῊ ΜΕΘΎΣΚΕΣΘΕ ΟἼΝΩΙ. From LXX. of Proverbs 23:31. Drunkenness was one of the chief dangers threatening Christian life in heathen surroundings. Warnings against it are not prominent in the Gospels...
ΚΑΊ (G2532) не продолжает тему, а указывает на переход от общего к конкретному моменту каждодневной жизни (Abbott; Alford). ΜΕΘΎΣΚΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.)_ (G3182) ΜΕΘΎΣΚΟΜΑΙ напиваться, быть...
DISCOURSE: 2120 THE BELIEVER FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST Ephesians 5:18. _Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your he...
BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE,— It is highly probable that here may be a particular reference to those dissolute ceremonies called the _Bacchanalia,_ which were celebrated by the heathens in honour of their...
_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
(5:18) Drunkenness dulls your ability to make cogent decisions and leaves you vulnerable to the Old Sin Nature. Rather than letting that take over your life, "be filled (pres impe- continuously) with...
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; WHEREIN - not in the wine (1 Timothy 5:23), but in 'becoming drunk' with it. EXCESS, [ asootia (G810)] - 'dissolutene...
__ 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...
EXCESS] RV 'riot'(as Titus 1:6; 1 Peter 4:4), and 'riotous living' (Luke 15:13). WITH THE SPIRIT] RM 'in spirit'; 'not your bodies, but your souls should be full.'...
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...
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...
BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE, WHEREIN IS EXCESS. — From the general idea of reckless levity, St. Paul passes on to the special sin of drunkenness, as not (like gluttony) primarily a gratification of the app...
CHAPTER 24 THE NEW WINE OF THE SPIRIT Ephesians 5:15 Very solemnly did the moral homily to the Asian Christians begin in Ephesians 4:17: "This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that you must...
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...
A paragraph closely connected with the former, and specifying various things belonging to the correctness and consistency of the Christian walk....
καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ : _and be not made drunk with wine_. A particular case of the ἀφροσύνη to be avoided is now mentioned. The καί is used here, as, _e.g._, also in Mark 1:5, to add a _special_ des...
“REDEEMING THE TIME” Ephesians 5:13 The earlier verses remind us of Isaiah 60:1. Awake, thou Christian soul; arise from the, dust and put on thy beautiful garments! Stand on the mountain-peak of pray...
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 In Wisdom Fools hear the sound of Jesus' voice but do not do the things he says (Matthew 7:24-27). Even Christians must live carefully, or accurately, so as to obey the Lord's commandments an...
(5) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is (k) excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (5) He sets the sober and holy assemblies of the faithful against the immoral banquets of the unfaithful, in whic...
(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, (16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is...
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. For the last few week in our study of Ephesians, we have been looking at what the behavior of a Christian should be. 1. Last week we stopped at the end of Chapter 5 verse 20, wher...
18._And be not drunk with wine. _When he enjoins them _not to be drunk, _he forbids excessive and immoderate drinking of every description. “Be not intemperate in drinking.” _In which _(161) _is lasci...
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...
AND BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE, WHEREIN IS EXCESS,.... The sin of drunkenness here dehorted from, is a custom, or habit, of voluntary excessive drinking of any strong liquor, whereby the mind is disturbed...
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Ver. 18. _And be not drunk with wine_] Nothing so opposite to an accurate life as drunkenness; which therefore is not spe...
Eph. 5:18. "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit." The Apostle here seems to have reference to that in Song of Solomon 5:1, "I am come into my garden, my sister...
_And be not drunk with wine_ As the heathen are when they celebrate the feasts of Bacchus, their god of wine; _wherein is excess_ Which is the source of all manner of extravagance, and leads to debauc...
BE NOT DRUNK; for drunkenness will prevent you from understanding and doing the divine will, and bring upon you the wrath of God. EXCESS; abandoned wickedness of all sorts. THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spir...
Things demanded by the correctness of the Christian walk:...
AND BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE, WHEREIN IS EXCESS; BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT,...
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...
“AND BE NOT DRUNKEN WITH WINE, WHEREIN IS RIOT, BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT” “Be not drunken with wine”: “BE NOT GETTING DRUNK” (RHM). “STOP GETTING DRUNK ON WINE” (WMS). “Drunken”: Vine says that ...
15-21 Another remedy against sin, is care, or caution, it being impossible else to maintain purity of heart and life. Time is a talent given us by God, and it is misspent and lost when not employed a...
WHEREIN, in which drunkenness, IS EXCESS; profuseness, lasciviousness, and all manner of lewdness, as the effects of drunkenness, PROVERBS 23:29, &c. BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit, of...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V (The apostle says further:) "Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess,"[831] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII For the Scripture does not say, Do not d...
Ephesians 5:18 And G2532 not G3361 drunk G3182 (G5745) wine G3631 which G1722 G3739 is G2076 ...
‘And do not be drunk with wine which results in riotous behaviour (or wastefulness), but be being filled in (or ‘by') the Spirit.' Continuing his contrasts which are a feature of Ephesians 4:22 to Eph...
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 5:18. AND adds to the general precept of Ephesians 5:17 a special prohibition of a common form of becoming ‘senseless.' BE NOT MADE DRANK. To be taken literally, since the vice deserved th...
BE NOT DRUNKEN WITH WINE (μη μεθυσκεσθε οινω). Present passive imperative of μεθυσκω, old verb to intoxicate. Forbidden as a habit and to stop it also if guilty. Instrumental case οινω.RIOT (ασωτι...
Ephesians 5:18 Christianity and Temperance. St. Paul here contrasts two kinds of excitement. God does not love the sort of languid and lazy being which nothing stirs, and nothing stimulates. Exciteme...
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...
DO NOT GET DRUNK. "Do not get drunk with wine as the heathens do in their orgies! This will only ruin you, as it gives the Devil a chance to lead you into all kinds of sins!" BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT...
_And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit._ THE SIN AND FOLLY OF DRUNKENNESS This precept follows very naturally what he has said about the necessity of wisdom. For...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:18 BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. Compare Galatians 5:22. The command describes a regular pattern of life, rather than a onetime event.
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....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 5:15. SEE THEN THAT YE WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY.—R.V. “Look then carefully how ye walk.” The way of life must be one of exactitude; and that it may be so the step...
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 Corinthians 11:21; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Peter 4:3;...
Be not drunk [μ η μ ε θ υ σ κ ε σ θ ε]. See on John 2:10. Wherein. In drunkenness, not in wine. Excess [α σ ω τ ι α]. Rev., riot. Lit., unsavingness. See on riotous living, Luke 14:13....
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....
Observe here, 1. Our apostle's seasonable dehortation: BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE. Drunkenness, as well as uncleanness, and drunkenness with uncleanness, for they commonly go together, were sins which the...