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 example of St. Paul's method as a teacher of morals, and makes an important contribution to evangelical e... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 23 THE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT Ephesians 5:7 The contrast between the Christian and heathen way of life is now, finally, to be set forth under St. Paul's familiar figure of the light and the darkness. He bids his Gentile readers not to be "jointpartakers with them"-with the sons of disobedi... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 24 THE NEW WINE OF THE SPIRIT Ephesians 5:15 Very solemnly did the moral homily to the Asian Christians begin in Ephesians 4:17: "This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles walk." So much has now been said and testified in the intervening pa... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 25 ON FAMILY LIFE Ephesians 5:22; Ephesians 6:1. CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE Ephesians 5:22 In mutual subjection the Christian spirit has its sharpest trials and attains its finest temper. "Be subject one to another," was the last word of the apostle's instructions respecting the "walk" of the As... [ Continue Reading ]