Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your (l) heart to the Lord;
(l) With an earnest affection of the heart, and not with the tongue only.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your (l) heart to the Lord;
(l) With an earnest affection of the heart, and not with the tongue only.
EPHESIANS 5:19 wv|dai/j pneumatikai/j {B} In the opinion of a majority of the Committee, it is more likely that pneumatikai/j was accidentally omitted from several witnesses (î46 B itd Ambrosiaster)...
Verse 19. _SPEAKING TO YOURSELVES IN PSALMS_] We can scarcely say what is the exact difference between these three expressions. _Psalms_, ψαλμοι, may probably mean those of David. _HYMNS_] υμνοις. Ex...
SPEAKING TO YOURSELVES - Speaking among yourselves, that is, endeavoring to edify one another, and to promote purity of heart, by songs of praise. This has the force of a command, and it is a matter o...
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 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...
Be very careful how you live. Do not live like unwise men, but like wise men. Use your time with all economy for these are evil days. That is the reason why you must not be senseless, but you must und...
THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
IN. with. No preposition. PSALMS. Greek. _psalmos._ See 1 Corinthians 14:26. HYMNS. Greek. _humos_. only here and Colossians 3:16. SPIRITUAL SONGS. As sung by spiritual persons. SPIRITUAL. Greek. _...
_to yourselves_ R.V., ONE TO ANOTHER. The Gr. admits either rendering (see above on Ephesians 4:32); but the parallel, Colossians 3:16 ("teaching and admonishing, &c.") is clearly for the R. V. here,...
The subject pursued: the talent of time: temperance: spiritual songs: thanksgiving: humility 15. _See then_ The more general exhortation to a holy life-walk is resumed here, after the special entreat...
ΛΑΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ ἘΑΥΤΟΙ͂Σ. Cf. Ephesians 4:32. In the parallel Colossians 3:16 we find διδάσκοντες καὶ νουθετοῦντες ἐαυτοὺς ψαλμοῖς κ.τ.λ. It seems natural therefore to take λαλοῦντες (as e.g. in 1 Peter 4:...
ΛΑΛΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. Последующие четыре _part._ указывают на действие Духа внутри человека (Schlier; GGBB, 639, 650-51). ΨΑΛΜΌΣ (G5568) хвалебная песнь, псалом....
DISCOURSE: 2120 THE BELIEVER FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST Ephesians 5:18. _Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your he...
SINGING AND MAKING MELODY IN YOUR HEART— "Your hearts and affections corresponding with what is uttered by your mouths; without which no external melody, be it ever so exact and harmonious, can be ple...
_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
(5:19,20) Let your outward expression, "speak to one another", be consistent with your inner life--"make music in your heart to the Lord." And, there should always be a prayer of "thanks to God the Fa...
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; TO YOURSELVES. (Colossians 3:16) Hence, arose the antiphonal or responsive chantin...
__ 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...
5:19 hymns (f-7) _ Humnos_ , as Colossians 3:16 . The verb _ humneo_ , from the same root, is found in Matthew 26:30 ; Mark 14:26 ;...
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...
The primitive Church was emphatically a Church of enthusiasm and spiritual emotion (Acts 2:43; Acts 8:8; Acts 16:25 : cp. Colossians 3:16)....
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...
SPEAKING TO YOURSELVES IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. — The same words are found in Colossians 3:16, with a notable difference of application. There the idea is of teaching: “teaching and ad...
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...
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...
λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς : _speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs_. Lachm. inserts ἐν before ψαλμοῖς; Tr and WH place it in the margin, on...
A paragraph closely connected with the former, and specifying various things belonging to the correctness and consistency of the Christian walk....
“REDEEMING THE TIME” Ephesians 5:13 The earlier verses remind us of Isaiah 60:1. Awake, thou Christian soul; arise from the, dust and put on thy beautiful garments! Stand on the mountain-peak of pray...
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....
Teaching One Another In Song Paul directed individual Christians to teach each other through spiritual, vocal music (Matthew 26:30; Acts 16:25). Hendren says, "The participle 'speaking' is plural, sug...
(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, (16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is...
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...
I. INTRODUCTION A. For the last few week in our study of Ephesians, we have been looking at what the behavior of a Christian should be. 1. Last week we stopped at the end of Chapter 5 verse 20, wher...
19._To psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs. _These are truly pleasant and delightful fruits. The _Spirit _means “joy in the Holy Ghost,” (Romans 14:17;) and the exhortation, _be ye filled_, (ver. 1...
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...
SPEAKING TO YOURSELVES IN PSALMS, AND HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS,.... By psalms are meant the Psalms of David, and others which compose the book that goes by that name, for other psalms there are none...
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ver. 19. _Speaking to yourselves, &c._] As drunkards sing and halloo over their cu...
_And be not drunk with wine_ As the heathen are when they celebrate the feasts of Bacchus, their god of wine; _wherein is excess_ Which is the source of all manner of extravagance, and leads to debauc...
SPEAKING TO YOURSELVES IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING AND MAKING MELODY IN YOUR HE ART TO THE LORD;...
Things demanded by the correctness of the Christian walk:...
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...
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...
“SPEAKING ONE TO ANOTHER IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING AND MAKING MELODY WITH YOUR HEART TO THE LORD” “Speaking one to another”: “The imperative _be filled_ is followed by. series o...
15-21 Another remedy against sin, is care, or caution, it being impossible else to maintain purity of heart and life. Time is a talent given us by God, and it is misspent and lost when not employed a...
SPEAKING, &C.; in opposition to the vain chaff and lewd talkativeness of drunkards over their cups. TO YOURSELVES; Gr. in yourselves, i.e. among yourselves, both in church assemblies and families. IN...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II For the psalm is a melodious and sober blessing. The apostle calls the psalm "a spiritual song."[107] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V The command, to...
Ephesians 5:19 speaking G2980 (G5723) another G1438 psalms G5568 and G2532 hymns G5215 and G2532 spiritual G4152
‘Speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God...
Ephesians 5:19. SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER; lit, ‘yourselves,' but the reciprocal sense is not unusual; and demanded here, as in Colossians 3:16. Some find here a reference to antiphonal singing, such as...
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...
_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...
TO THE LORD (τω Κυριω). The Lord Jesus. In Colossians 3:16 we have τω θεω (to God) with all these varieties of praise, another proof of the deity of Christ. See Colossians 3:16 for discussion....
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...
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...
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...
SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER. "Instead of singing lewd songs as the heathens do in the worship of their _gods,_ you, in your praise to God and your times of jubilation, must speak in psalms, hymns and spiritu...
_Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs._ SACRED MUSIC I. The design of music in general. Singing is no less natural to mankind than speaking. They are naturally disposed to s...
THE SONG OF THE HEART Singing and making melody with your heart. Ephesians 5:19. That seems an odd thing to say, doesn't it? “Singing and making melody with your heart.” Perhaps you think St. Paul...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:19 Being filled with the Spirit results in joyful praise through SINGING and MAKING MELODY. PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. Paul probably has in mind
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....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 5:19. PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS.—When the spirit is elevated so that ordinary prose conversation is inadequate to express the feelings let it find...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 14:26; Acts 16:25; Colossians 3:16; Isaiah 65:14;...
Speaking to yourselves [λ α λ ο υ ν τ ε ς ε α υ τ ο ι ς]. Rev., one to another. The A. V. is literally correct, but is open to the misinterpretation each one communing with himself. The meaning is as...
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....
Speaking to each other — By the Spirit. In the Psalms — Of David. And hymns — Of praise. And spiritual songs — On any divine subject. By there being no inspired songs, peculiarly adapted to the Christ...
The apostle, in the foregoing verse, cautions the Ephesians against that drunkenness and uncleanness which did commonly attend them at the solemnities of their heathen gods: their BACCHANALIA, or feas...