Ephesians 5:9. For. This verse is a parenthetic reason for the last exhortation, inciting them to walk thus.

The fruit of the light; ‘Spirit' is poorly supported, apparently taken from Galatians 5:22. As there, ‘fruit' is singular, pointing to the unity of the moral results.

Is in , consists in, is contained in, all, every kind of, goodness and righteousness and truth. All these are moral qualities, presenting Christian ethics under its three aspects, the good, the right, and the true (so Meyer). Other distinctions have been attempted, but without much success. Observe that these are the ‘fruit,' not the cause of the ‘light.'

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