Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ephesians 5:3
But let not any impure love be even named or heard of among you — Keep at the utmost distance from it, as becometh saints.
But let not any impure love be even named or heard of among you — Keep at the utmost distance from it, as becometh saints.
Verse Ephesians 5:3. _BUT FORNICATION_] It is probable that the _three_ terms used here by the apostle refer to different species of the same thing. The word _fornication_, πορνεια, may imply not onl...
BUT FORNICATION - A “common” vice among the pagan then as it is now, and one into which they were in special danger of falling; see Romans 1:29 note; 1 Corinthians 6:18 note. AND ALL UNCLEANNESS - Imp...
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...
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...
THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
UNCLEANNESS. As in Romans 1:24. NOT... ONCE. not even. Greek. _mede_. AMONG. App-104. SAINTS. See Acts 9:13....
ΠΟΡΝΕΊΑ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. After the height to which we have been raised in Ephesians 5:2 this comes as a rude shock. But St Paul is always in close touch with the facts of the situation. His clear vision of t...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
ΠΟΡΝΕΊΑ (G4202) недозволенные половые связи (TDNT). ΆΚΑΘΑΡΣΊΑ (G167) нечистота, оскверненность, порочность (_см._ Ephesians 4:19). ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΊΑ (G4124) алчность (_см._ Ephesia
AND ALL UNCLEANNESS OR COVETOUSNESS,— Or, _any kind of uncleanness or insatiable desire. Insatiable desire_ is certainly a literal rendering of the Greek word πλεονεξια, which plainly signifies the _d...
_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
(5:3) Now comes the character of "holy people". (The NAS has "saints") and the meaning is "ones set apart", in this case, set apart to God's purpose. In imitating God, purity of life is expected. A li...
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; ONCE NAMED - `let it not be even [ meede (G3366)] named' (Ephesians 5:4; Ephesians...
__ 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...
5:3 lust, (m-8) As 'greedy unsatisfied lust,' ch. 4.19. It means the lust of having, but is not confined to gain. see Mark 7:22 ....
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...
BUT] The five sins mentioned in Ephesians 4:25 are to be put away; these two are not even to be mentioned: 'saints' are set apart from such subjects, being consecrated to God. 4. 'Do not get near thes...
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...
(3_b_) Ephesians 5:3 warn, with even greater fulness and emphasis, against the sins of impurity and lust, as incompatible with membership of the kingdom of heaven, as works of darkness, impossible to...
(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....
BUT FORNICATION, AND ALL UNCLEANNESS, OR CHRISTIAN LIGHT COVETOUSNESS. — “Fornication” is closely joined (as in 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Colossians 3:5) with “uncleanness,” of which genera...
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 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...
πορνεία δὲ καὶ πᾶσα ἀκαθαρσία : _but fornication and all uncleanness_. The better order ἀκαθαρασία πᾶσα (LTTrWHRV) throws the emphasis on πᾶσα, = “fornication and uncleanness, every kind of it”. The m...
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...
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....
Things Love Will Not Let One Do Those whose lives are directed by love will not indulge in any uncontrolled lusts, whether sexual or monetary in nature. Paul says even talking about such thoughts tend...
(1) But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; (1) Now he comes to another type of affections, which is in that part of the mind wh...
Covetousness. [1] The Latin word is generally taken for a coveting or immoderate desire of money and riches. St. Jerome and others observe, that the Greek word in this an divers other places in the Ne...
(1) В¶ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; (2) And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savo...
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. 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...
3._But fornication. _This chapter, and the Colossians 3:0, contain many parallel passages, which an intelligent reader will be at no loss to compare without my assistance. Three things are here enumer...
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...
BUT FORNICATION, AND ALL UNCLEANNESS, OR COVETOUSNESS,.... The apostle proceeds to dehort from several vices, which are unbecoming the dear children and followers of God; and which the love of Christ...
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Ver. 3. _But fornication and all uncleanness_] As standing in full opposition to that sw...
_But fornication_, &c. But any impure love, and any vice flowing therefrom, or connected therewith; _let it not be once named_ Or heard of; _among you_ Except with detestation. Keep at the utmost dist...
COVETOUSNESS; the excessive desire of worldly gain, leading to its unlawful pursuit....
A WARNING, PRINCIPALLY AGAINST THE SINS OF UNCLEANNESS. The imitation of God excludes uncleanness:...
BUT FORNICATION AND ALL UNCLEANNESS, OR COVETOUSNESS, LET IT NOT BE ONCE NAMED AMONG YOU, AS BECOMETH SAINTS;...
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...
“BUT FORNICATION, AND ALL UNCLEANNESS, OR COVETOUSNESS, LET IT NOT EVEN BE NAMED AMONG YOU, AS BECOMETH SAINTS” “But”:. sharp contrast, the following can never be considered as acts of love. “FORNICAT...
3-14 Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against gross acts of sin, but against what some may make light of. But these things are so f...
BUT FORNICATION; folly committed between unmarried persons, especially men's abuse of themselves with common strumpets, a sin not owned as such among the heathen. AND ALL UNCLEANNESS; all other unlawf...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians Let drunkenness, anger, envy, reviling, clamour, and blasphemy "be not so much as named among you."[42] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II And again...
Ephesians 5:3 But G2532 fornication G4202 and G1161 all G3956 uncleanness G167 or G2228 covetousness G4124 it G3687
‘But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you as is becoming to those set apart, nor filthiness, nor foolish talking or jesting which are not befitting, but...
Ephesians 5:3. BUT. The exhortation forbids what is in marked contrast with the previous injunction. FORNICATION; to be taken in its strict sense, since this was scarcely accounted a sin among the h...
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...
OR COVETOUSNESS (η πλεονεξια). In bad company surely. Debasing like sensuality.AS BECOMETH SAINTS (καθως πρεπε αγιοις). It is "unbecoming" for a saint to be sensual or covetous....
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...
GOD'S PEOPLE. "As God's holy people, sin is no longer a possible option for you (1 John 3:9)!_"_ The Gentiles did not count these things as sin, but these were some of the deadliest temptations to whi...
_But fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints._ THE SIN OF IMPURITY Consider the hatefulness of this sin. I. By its inner nature. 1....
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....
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:3 The term SEXUAL IMMORALITY covers all sexual sins, including adultery, sex outside of marriage, and homosexuality. COVETOUSNESS is a jealous desire for what others poss...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 5:3. LET IT NOT BE ONCE NAMED.—After the things themselves are dead let their names never be heard. Ephesians 5:4. NOR JESTING.—“Chastened insolence,” as Ar...
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 10:8; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 5:11;...
Or covetousness. Or sets this sin emphatically by itself. Let it. It refers to each of the sins....
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....
The apostle, in this and the following verses, exhorts the Ephesians to shun several sins, which were frequently practised among the Gentiles before their conversion to Christianity, as first, FORNICA...