_If ye then be risen with Christ_ From spiritual death to spiritual life, as spoken of Colossians 2:12. See also notes on Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:6. If ye be not only engaged to become new creatures, but really are such: or, which seems to be also implied, If Christ's resurrection draw after it,... [ Continue Reading ]
_For ye are dead_ As to sin, so to the world and all earthly things, and that both by profession as Christians, and by an indispensable obligation laid upon you by Him whose laws you have engaged to observe. Yea, and you have solemnly promised and covenanted with him, at least at your baptism, to re... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mortify therefore_ Put to death, slay with a continued stroke; _your members_ The members of the old man, which together make up the body of sin; inclinations and dispositions which spread themselves through all the members of the body, and draw even them into a compliance with themselves; _which a... [ Continue Reading ]
_But now ye also_ Being converted to the pure, peaceable, and devout religion of the Lord Jesus; _put off_ Mortify; _all these_ corrupt passions and lusts; _anger_, &c. See on Ephesians 4:31; _blasphemy_ Or _evil speaking_, as the word may be properly rendered; for it includes not only impious speec... [ Continue Reading ]
_Put on therefore_ In a higher degree than before; _as the elect_, or chosen, _of God_ The appellation given in the New Testament to all the true disciples of Christ, to all that so believe in him as to be pardoned and renewed; see on Ephesians 1:4: _holy_ Dedicated and conformed to him; _and belove... [ Continue Reading ]
_And above all these things_ As including them all, and indeed being the source from whence they flow; _put on charity_ Την αγαπην, _love_, namely, to God, his people, and all mankind; _which is the bond of perfectness_ Which both contains the whole of Christian perfection, and connects all the part... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wives, submit yourselves_ Or be subject; _to your own husbands_ Whether they be Christians or heathen. See on Ephesians 5:22. _As it is fit_ Both in regard of God's command, and the evil that would arise from the neglect of this duty; _in the Lord_ In obedience to the Lord, and in all lawful things... [ Continue Reading ]