What does Ephesians 5:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."
EPHESIANS 5:14 evpifau,sei soi o` Cristo,j {A} Instead of “Christ will shine upon you,” strongly supported by a wide range of witnesses, several Western witnesses substitute either “Christ will touc...
Verse 14. _WHEREFORE HE SAITH_] It is a matter of doubt and controversy whence this saying is derived. Some think it taken from Isaiah 26:19: _Thy dead men shall live; with my dead body shall they ar...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH - Margin, or “it.” Διὸ λέγει Dio legei. The meaning may be, either that the Lord says, or the Scripture. Much difficulty has been experienced in endeavoring to ascertain “where” t...
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 5:1)...
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...
THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
AWAKE. App-178. SLEEPEST. art sleeping. Greek. _katheudo._ App-171. ARISE. App-178. FROM THE DEAD. App-139. SHALL... LIGHT. will shine upon thee. Greek. _epiphauo_. occurs only here.. paraphrase o...
_Wherefore_ With regard to the fact that whatever is really brought to light, in the sense of true spiritual conviction, becomes light. he _saith_ Or possibly IT (the Scripture) SAITH. See note on Ep...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
ΦΑΝΕΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ, _см._ Ephesians 5:13. ΔΙΌ ΛΈΓΕΙ _см._ Ephesians 4:8. Очевидно, Павел использует вольную адаптацию Isaiah 26:19 и 61:1 (RWP; Eadie; _см._ особ. АРМ, 97-11...
DISCOURSE: 2118 AN EXHORTATION TO CARELESS SINNERS Ephesians 5:14. _Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light_. THERE is a harmony in the Scriptures which ma...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH, AWAKE, &C.— _"Wherefore,_ when God is speaking in the prophecies of the Old Testament, of the calling of the Gentiles, and of the light which they should have by Christ, he says in...
_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 not even name vices as if the...
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. WHEREFORE - referring to the whole foregoing argument (Ephesians 5:8; Ephesians 5:11; Ephes...
__ 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...
5:14 thee. (d-22) See Isaiah 60:1 ....
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...
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 c...
(3_b_) Ephesians 5:3 warn, with even greater fulness and emphasis, against the sins of impurity and lust, as incompatible with membership of the kingdom of heaven, as works of darkness, impossible to...
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 examp...
A paragraph ruled by the general idea of the imitation of God in the forgiving love which has been appealed to in the preceding verse. In the light of that Divine example Paul charges his readers to f...
“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 pra...
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....
Attitudes of Those In the Light In the worship of pagan gods, there were many immoral acts committed in secret places under the cover of darkness. God's children would blush even to talk about them ...
Wherefore (f) he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the (g) dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (f) The scripture, or God in the scripture. (g) He speaks of the death of sin....
_Rise, thou that sleepest. The sense may be taken from Isaias lx. 1. St. Jerome thinks they may be cited from work not canonical. (Witham)_...
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. I pause over this verse. Who is the speaker but God the Spirit. And to whom doth the Lord...
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. As we return to the book of Ephesians, we continue our study on Christian behavior. 1. The Apostle Paul has just given the Ephesian Christians, (and us) a "list" of ungodly behavi...
14._Wherefore he saith. _Interpreters are at great pains to discover the passage of Scripture which Paul appears to quote, and which is nowhere to be found. I shall state my opinion. He first exhibits...
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...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH,.... Either the man that is light in the Lord, who reproves the unfruitful works of darkness; or else the Holy Ghost by Paul, who here speaks after the manner of the prophets; or Go...
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ver. 14. _Wherefore he saith_] Or, the Scriptare saith. See the like, James 4:6; "But he givet...
_But all things that are reproved_ Or, _discovered_, or _confuted_, as ελεγχομενα may be properly rendered; _are made manifest_ Have their iniquity laid open to the actors themselves, as well as to ot...
HE SAITH; the Lord saith, namely, by the general tenor of his word. SLEEPEST; are stupid and senseless in the darkness and pollution of sin. ARISE FROM THE DEAD; wake from death in sin to a sense of...
The children of light avoid the works of darkness:...
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...
“WHEREFORE HE SAITH, ‘AWAKE, THOU THAT SLEEPEST, AND ARISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST SHALL SHINE UPON THEE'” “Wherefore”: “BECAUSE OF THE REPROVING JUST ENJOINED UPON THE EPHESIANS. REPROVING CALL TO...
3-14 Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against gross acts of sin, but against what some may make light of. But these things are so f...
HE SAITH; either God by the prophets, of whose preaching this is the sum; it may allude in particular to ISAIAH 60:1. Or, Christ by his ministers, in the preaching of the gospel, who daily calls men t...
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen After the accusation of such a witness, and his invocation of God, what else remains for the unbelieving than judgment and condemnation? And the Lord,...
Ephesians 5:14 Therefore G1352 says G3004 (G5719) Awake G1453 (G5669) sleep G2518 (G5723) G2532 Arise G450 (G5628) from G1537 dead G3498 And G2532 Christ G5547 give G2017 you G4671 light G2017 (G5692)...
‘For this reason he says, “Awake you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you”.' We do not know the source of this saying. It may well be a conflation of Isaiah 60:1 combined w...
_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...
WHEREFORE HE SAITH (διο λεγε). Apparently a free adaptation of Isaiah 26:19; Isaiah 60:1. The form αναστα for αναστηθ (second person singular imperative second aorist active of ανιστημ) occurs in A...
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...
BECOMES LIGHT. The TEV gives the literal translation, the NIV the meaning. _Alford_ understands this: "The light of your Christian life, which will be by your reproof (censure) shed upon these deeds o...
_Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light._ A CALL TO SLUMBERING SOULS I. The character of those addressed. 1. If you allow yourself i...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ v...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 5:3. LET IT NOT BE ONCE NAMED.—After the things themselves are dead let their names never be heard. Ephesians 5:4. NOR JESTING.—“Chastened insolence,” as A...
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 15:34; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 2:26; Acts 13:47; Colossians 3:1; Ephesians 2:5; Ezekiel 37:4;...
He saith. God. This use of the personal pronoun is frequent in Paul's writings. See Galatians 3:16; Ephesians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 6:16. Awake. etc. The quotation is probably a combination and free rend...
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....
Wherefore he — God. Saith — In the general tenor of his word, to all who are still in darkness. Awake thou that steepest — In ignorance of God and thyself; in stupid insensibility. And arise from the...
The last argument which our apostle offers to consideration, for enforcing the duty of reproving the unfruitful workers and works of darkness, is drawn from the example of God himself, whose great des...