Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas
And let each of you put off the old man, and put on the new, and leave your former course of conduct and behaviour; and let those that steal steal no more, but let them live, labouring and working;[58]
EPHESIANS 4:28 tai/j @ivdi,aij# cersi.n to. avgaqo,n {C} The differences of reading are numerous in this brief clause. As concerns the sequence of words, copyists would have been more likely to move...
Verse 28. _LET HIM THAT STOLE STEAL NO MORE_] It is supposed that, among the rabbins, stealing was not entirely discountenanced, provided a portion was given to the poor. The apostle here teaches the...
LET HIM THAT STOLE STEAL NO MORE - Theft, like lying, was, and is, almost a universal vice among the pagan. The practice of pilfering prevails in, probably, every pagan community, and no property is s...
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...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
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...
LABOUR. As Acts 20:35. THE THING. that. GIVE. See Romans 12:8....
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...
_him that stole_ Another moral inference from Christian incorporation. Here again, as above (see on Ephesians 4:25), and more obviously than ever, the _Christian_aspect of the duty has also a _univers...
Ὁ ΚΛΈΠΤΩΝ ΜΗΚΈΤΙ ΚΛΕΠΤΈΤΩ. This implies, as indeed Ephesians 4:17 does, that the bad habits of their former life still hung about some of the converts. The moral atmosphere of an establishment of slav...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
ΚΛΈΠΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΛΈΠΤΩ (G2813) красть. _Praes. part._ указывает на длительное действие: "тот, кто крадет". Part, используется как имя, подчеркивая действие как отличительную особенность...
LET HIM THAT STOLE STEAL NO MORE:— _Stealing_ properly signifies _private thefts,_ or _frauds,_ in distinction from public or violent robbery: and as in many of the Gentile nations theft was thought t...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2) B. Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
Lest we be confused as to how this is to be accomplished, Paul give us a short list of behaviors, the means of correction, and the goal to be displayed in our lives.The Goal Something to share Benefit...
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Greek, 'Let the stealing person (whether a...
__ 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...
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...
LET HIM THAT STOLE (properly, _the stealer_) STEAL NO MORE.... — In this verse St. Paul treats dishonesty, virtually, although less distinctly, from the same point of view as before. For he is not con...
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...
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...
ὁ κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω : _let the stealer no longer steal_. Not ὁ κλέψας, = “he who stole,” but pres. part. with a subst. force (_cf._ Win.-Moult., p. 444). Stealing was not wholly condemned by anc...
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...
Changes in the New Man The old man would not hesitate to lie if it would help him fill one of his uncontrolled desires. The new man always tells the truth, especially to his brethren because we are al...
(16) Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is (m) good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. (16) He descends from the heart to...
(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...
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...
28._Let him that stole steal no more. _This includes not merely the grosser thefts which are punished by human laws, but those of a more concealed nature, which do not fall under the cognizance of men...
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...
LET HIM THAT STOLE STEAL NO MORE,.... Stealing, or theft, is a fraudulent taking away of another man's goods, without the knowledge and will of the owner, for the sake of gain; to which evil may be re...
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with _his_ hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Ver. 28. _Let him labour, working, &c._] T...
_Let him that stole_ While he was in his heathen condition of ignorance and vice; _steal no more_ Under a conviction that God is the avenger of all such injuries, 1 Thessalonians 4:6. Stealing, as Mac...
THE THING WHICH IS GOOD; in a lawful and useful business....
An instruction regarding individual sins:...
LET HIM THAT STOLE STEAL NO MORE, BUT RATHER LET HIM LABOR, WORKING WITH HIS HANDS THE THING WHICH IS GOOD, THAT HE MAY HAVE TO GIVE TO HIM THAT NEEDETH. It is true indeed that a Christian, by virtue...
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...
TO GIVE: Or, to distribute...
“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need”. “STEAL NO MORE”: “Stealing is here...
25-28 Notice the particulars wherewith we should adorn our Christian profession. Take heed of every thing contrary to truth. No longer flatter or deceive others. God's people are children who will no...
LET HIM THAT STOLE STEAL NO MORE; stealing is understood largely for seeking our own gain by any way, defrauding others, whether by taking away, or unjustly detaining what is theirs. BUT RATHER LET HI...
Ephesians 4:28 stole G2813 (G5723) steal G2813 (G5720) longer G3371 but G1161 rather G3123 labor G2872 ...
‘Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him work hard, working with his hands what is good, that he may have the means to give to the one who is in need.' The Christian must ensure that his...
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....
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...
Ephesians 4:28. LET HIM WHO STEALETH, not, ‘stole,' as if a single act were meant. One who acts thus, not quite so strong as ‘thief,' But were there any such among the Ephesian Christians? Possibly th...
STEAL NO MORE (μηκετ κλεπτετω). Clearly here, cease stealing (present active imperative with μηκετ).THE THING THAT IS GOOD (το αγαθον). "The good thing" opposed to his stealing and "with his hand...
Ephesians 4:28 St. Paul's Exaltation of Labour. I. When we look on one side of St. Paul's character, it is so full of spiritual fervour and rapture, there is such aspiration in it, such ardent pursui...
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...
WHO USED TO ROB. Here is a strong statement of the _Christian work ethic._ Honest work is the best antidote to a dishonest life! But notice the emphasis on _to be able to help the poor!!!_...
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
_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 6:10; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:12;...
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...
But rather let him labour — Lest idleness lead him to steal again. And whoever has sinned in any kind ought the more zealously to practise the opposite virtue. That he may have to give — And so be no...
Observe here, 1. The sin dissuaded from: theft and stealing. This the heathen nations counted no crime; they make no conscience, either openly or fraudulently, to take away their neighbour's goods. Th...