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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
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UNCLEANNESS. As in Romans 1:24.
NOT... ONCE. not even. Greek. _mede_.
AMONG. App-104.
SAINTS. See Acts 9:13....
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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...
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17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
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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...
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_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
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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(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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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COVETOUSNESS; the excessive desire of worldly gain, leading to its
unlawful pursuit....
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A WARNING, PRINCIPALLY AGAINST THE SINS OF UNCLEANNESS.
The imitation of God excludes uncleanness:...
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BUT FORNICATION AND ALL UNCLEANNESS, OR COVETOUSNESS, LET IT NOT BE
ONCE NAMED AMONG YOU, AS BECOMETH SAINTS;...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ephesians 5:3 But G2532 fornication G4202 and G1161 all G3956
uncleanness G167 or G2228 covetousness G4124 it G3687
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:8; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1
Corinthians 5:11;...
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Or covetousness. Or sets this sin emphatically by itself.
Let it. It refers to each of the sins....
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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....
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But let not any impure love be even named or heard of among you —
Keep at the utmost distance from it, as becometh saints....
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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...