Ephesians 5:20

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:20

Giving thanks always: God still by fresh mercies gives fresh occasion for thanksgiving, and we must accordingly continue our thanksgiving through the whole course of our lives without weariness. For all things; all sorts of mercies, among which afflictions may be reckoned, as working for good to them that love God, Romans 8:28. Unto God and the Father; i.e. unto God even the Father, the Fountain of all our good. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; in whose name, and by whose merit, all good... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 5:19-21

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 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 vent in sacred music. St. James’s advice to the “merry” heart is, “Sing psalms.” The “psalm” is properly a song with accompaniment of a stringed instrument; “a ‘hymn” must always be more or less of a Magnificat, a direct address of praise and glory to God.” “Spiritual songs” were “such as were... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:20

Ephesians 5:20 I. The duty of giving thanks is that duty which of all others may be declared natural to man, and which can be declined by none but those whose dispositions almost prove themselves not human. Men are capable of gratitude and well accustomed to give it expression, but, through some mysterious blindness or perverseness, they overlook or deny the prime Benefactor, and, recognising not His hand, they give Him no praise. There are two reasons to be given for this phenomenon. (1) The... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 5:18-20

DISCOURSE: 2120THE BELIEVER FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOSTEphesians 5:18-20. Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ [Note: If this were the subject of a Sermon at a Feast (many Country Feasts begin on the Sabbath), it would be proper to include in the text the whole of the eighteenth verse; and to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-33

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 chapter 4 where we are exhorted to be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us. Paul's topic here is God's forgiveness as our example of forgiveness. "Be ye followers of God," or follow the example that God has established for us in... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:1-33

Ephesians 5:1-2 . 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 good; and if we act otherwise, men will not acknowledge us for the sons of God. In all good offices the Saviour forgot himself, and went about continually doing good. Nay more; he gave himself for us, an eucharistal oblation and sacrifice, a sweet savour of unexampled love. What can words add... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 5:20

Ephesians 5:20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Thankfulness to GodI. The duty here enjoined is to give thanks. Thankfulness is such a sense of favours received from, and of obligations due to, a benefactor, as disposes us to make suitable acknowledgments and returns.1. A grateful heart retains the impression of past mercies.2. Gratitude sees a real value in God’s blessings.3. A sense of our unworthiness enters into the essence of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:20

20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Ver. 20. Giving thanks always ] In our deepest miseries let us sing cheerfully, as Paul and Silas in the dungeon, as Philpot and his fellows in the coal house, as many martyrs in the flames, as Luther did in a great conflict with the devil: Venite, said he to his company, in contemptum diaboli Psalmum de profundis quatuor vocibus cantemus: Let us sing the 130th Psalm in despite of the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ephesians 5:20

thanks: Ephesians 5:4, Job 1:21, Psalms 34:1, Isaiah 63:7, Acts 5:41, 1 Corinthians 1:4, Philippians 1:3, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 1:11, Colossians 1:12, Colossians 3:17, 1 Thessalonians 3:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:13 in: John 14:13, John 14:14, John 15:16, John 16:23-Ezekiel :, Colossians 3:17, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 4:11 Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:12 - a thanksgiving 2 Samuel 23:1 - sweet psalmist Psalms 27:6 - I will Psalms 57:7 - I will... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 5:20

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;Giving thanks — At all times and places. And for all things - Prosperous or adverse, since al] work together for good. In the name of, or through, our Lord Jesus Christ - By whom we receive all good things. read more

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