Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ephesians 4:21
Verse 21. If so be that ye have heard him] ειγε, Seeing that, since indeed, ye have heard us proclaim his eternal truth; we have delivered it to you as we received it from Jesus.
Verse 21. If so be that ye have heard him] ειγε, Seeing that, since indeed, ye have heard us proclaim his eternal truth; we have delivered it to you as we received it from Jesus.
IF SO BE THAT YE HAVE HEARD HIM - If you have listened attentively to his instructions, and learned the true nature of his religion. There may be a slight and delicate doubt implied here whether they...
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 OLD MAN AND THE NEW. Those who are now members of the true Israel are no longer to walk as Gentiles, _i.e._ in the vanity of mind, the darkness, the alienation from the Divine life which springs f...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
I say this and I solemnly lay it upon you in the Lord--you must no longer live the kind of life the Gentiles live, for their minds are concerned with empty things; their understandings are darkened; t...
IF SO BE. App-118. HAVE. Omit. HAVE BEEN TAUGHT. were instructed. AS THE TRUTH IS IN JESUS. Frequently misquoted. No article. See John 14:6. AS. even as. THE. Omit. JESUS. App-98....
Practical Results: a spiritual revolution of principle and practice. The Old Man and the New 17. _testify_ A word of solemn appeal occurring elsewhere in N. T. only Acts 22:26 (St Paul speaking) and...
_if so be_ The Gr. interrogative (used also above, Ephesians 3:2) does not imply any doubt, necessarily, but calls the reader to verify the statement. _have heard him_, &c. Better, as "Him" is emphati...
THE CONTRAST IN PRINCIPLE ΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ. Of solemn protest. Acts 20:26 (at Ephesus), Acts 26:22; Galatians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:12.
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
ΕἼ ΓΕ. Cf. on Ephesians 3:2 not implying doubt. ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ἨΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ. ‘If He was the subject of the message that ye heard.’ If St Paul had thought of Him as the speaker he would (as in Romans 10:14) have...
ΉΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΈΔΙΔΆΧΘΗΤΕ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩ (G1321) учить; _pass._ учиться....
DISCOURSE: 2110 EDUCATION AND WALK OF CHRISTIANS Ephesians 4:20. _But ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus_. WE shall...
IF SO BE, &C.— _Forasmuch as,_ or _seeing ye have heard him,_ &c. See ch. Ephesians 3:2. Beza, Gataker, and others, translate and connect this and the preceding verse as follows: _But it is not so wit...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2) B. Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: IF SO BE THAT, [ ei-ge (G1489), with indicative] - Assuming what I have no reason to doubt, that, etc. HEAR...
__ 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...
4:21 in (b-16) There is an emphatic article before 'Jesus.' 'Jesus' is personally brought into relief....
HEARD HIM] He is not thinking of the possibility that some of them had heard Christ teach: they 'heard Him' in listening to the gospel; heard what He taught on earth. IN JESUS] St. Paul rarely uses 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...
[5. PRACTICAL EXHORTATION (Ephesians 4:17). (1) THE NEW LIFE; first, taught in Christ and learning Christ; and secondly, regenerate in Him to the image of God (Ephesians 4:17). (2) HENCE THE POWER...
IF SO BE THAT. — The word is the same which is used in Ephesians 3:2; Colossians 1:23, indicating no real doubt, but only that rhetorical doubt which is strong affirmation. YE HAVE HEARD HIM... — The...
CHAPTER 20 THE TWO HUMAN TYPES Ephesians 4:20 BUT as for you!-The apostle points us from heathendom to Christendom. From the men of blinded understanding and impure life he turns to the cleansed an...
εἴγε αὐτὸν ἠκούσατε : _if indeed ye heard Him_. On εἴγε, = “if so be that,” “if as I assume it to be the case,” see in Ephesians 3:2 above. In the form of a delicate supposition it takes it as certain...
A paragraph which takes up again the practical address begun with the first verse of the chapter, but interrupted at Ephesians 4:4, and contains solemn exhortations to withdraw from all conformity wit...
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...
The New Life of Those Taught By Christ Paul did not have any doubt about the teaching they had received. Instead, he is preparing to remind them of Christ's teachings and the life they should live af...
If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, (d) as the truth is in Jesus: (d) As they have learned who acknowledge Christ indeed, and in good earnest....
(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...
21._If ye have heard him. _To excite their attention and earnestness the more, he not only tells them that they had _heard Christ, _but employs a still stronger expression, _ye have been taught in him...
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...
IF SO BE THAT YE HAVE HEARD HIM,.... Not heard him preach, but heard him preached; and that not merely externally, with the outward hearing of the ear; though oftentimes spiritual conviction and illum...
If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Ver. 21. _Ye have heard him, &c._] When Christ speaks once, we must hear him twice, as David did, Psalms 62:11,...
_But ye_ Believers at Ephesus; _have not so learned Christ_ Or Christianity; that is, ye cannot act thus, now ye are acquainted with Christ and his gospel, which, you know, allows of no sin. _If so be...
An admonition to spiritual renewal:...
FAR ABOVE ALL PRINCIPALITY, AND POWER, AND MIGHT, AND DOMINION, AND EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED, NOT ONLY IN THIS WORLD, BUT ALSO IN THAT WHICH IS TO COME; if so be that ye have heard Him and have been...
Paul's exhortation and supplication for the Church as the body of Christ:...
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...
“if so be that ye heard Him, and were taught in Him, even as truth is in Jesus”. “IF SO BE”: “This condition of reality does not intend to raise. doubt; it does, however, intend to remind Paul's reade...
17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancie...
IF SO BE THAT YE HAVE HEARD HIM; either heard Christ speaking to you in the gospel, HEBREWS 12:25, and then the sense will be the same as in the following clause; or heard him preached to you, and the...
Ephesians 4:21 indeed G1489 heard G191 (G5656) Him G846 and G2532 taught G1321 (G5681) by G1722 Him...
‘If so be that you heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, that you put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxes corrupt after the lusts of deceit,...
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 4:21. IF INDEED; comp. chap. Ephesians 3:2; their experience is to be recalled to test the matter; not doubt, but certainty is implied. YE HEARD HIM; when they became disciples. Even if the...
IF SO BE THAT (ε γε). "If indeed." Condition of first class with aorist indicatives here, assumed to be true (ηκουσατε κα εδιδαχθητε).EVEN AS TRUTH IS IN JESUS (καθως εστιν αληθεια εν τω Ιησου). I...
Ephesians 4:20 I. We have here distinctly affirmed that the living voice of Christ Himself is our teacher. "Ye have heard _Him_" says Paul. Remember that the New Testament everywhere represents Christ...
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...
YOU CERTAINLY HEARD. Paul links Christ with the _shape_ of moral life! AND AS HIS FOLLOWERS. See note on Ephesians 4:13_. Jesus_ refers to the _Christ of history,_ through whom God spoke (Hebrews 1:2)...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:17 Paul’s Testimony. Paul explains the new life in Christ that the Ephesians have experienced. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 4:17. THAT YE HENCEFORTH WALK NOT AS OTHER GENTILES WALK.—In this and the two following verses we have again the lurid picture of Ephesians 2:2: “in the van...
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 John 5:10; 1 John 5:20; 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 11:10;...
If so be that ye heard Him [ε ι γ ε α υ τ ο ν η κ ο υ σ α τ ε]. The indicative mood implies the truth of the supposition : if ye heard as ye did. Him is emphatic. If it was Him that ye heard. Compare...
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...
Seeing ye have heard him — Teaching you inwardly by his Spirit. As the truth is in Jesus — According to his own gospel....