ephesians-5:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love; let your whole conversation be in love. As Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us; viz. to die for us, Galatians 2:20, as the greatest argument of his love, John 15:13; Romans 5:8. An offering and a sacrifice to God: either offering signifies a meat-offering, which was joined as an appendix with the bloody sacrifice; or rather more generally, all the oblations that were under the law; and the word sacrifice either restrains it to those especially in which... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-2

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 5:1. Followers of God.—R.V. imitators. St. Paul gathers up all duties into one expression, “imitation of God,” and urges them on his readers by a reminder of their high birth laying them under obligation, and rendering their copying easier.Ephesians 5:2. Walk in love.—“Love must fulfil all righteousness; it must suffer law to mark out its path of obedience, or it remains an effusive, ineffectual sentiment, helpless to bless and save.”MAIN HOMILETICS OF... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

Ephesians 5:2 , Ephesians 5:8 I. "Walk in love." Here we have a command founded upon a reason: "Walk in love, as Christ hath loved us." Yes, of all forces love is the most powerful as a force to act upon others. Pure, disinterested love is all but irresistible, all but, not quite; for if it were quite irresistible, then the world had been converted long ago. I think St. Augustine was right when he said that the most wonderful thing he knew was that God could love man so much, and man could... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 5:2

DISCOURSE: 2114CHRIST’S LOVE A PATTERN FOR OURSEphesians 5:2. Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.TO restore us to the Divine image is one great end of all that the Lord Jesus Christ has done and suffered for us. There are indeed perfections in the Deity which are incommunicable to any creature; but his moral perfections admit of imitation and resemblance: and therefore we are exhorted to “be... 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 5:2

Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God.Walking in loveI. I gather out of these words something calculated to touch the heart.1. There are many of our fellow creatures who have found but little love from man. To them this would have been a cold, cheerless place. To them the love of God, revealed in the gospel, comes as a strange and startling thing. It transforms life when thoroughly realized and embraced.2.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:2

2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Ver. 2. Hath loved us, and hath given ] When Christ wept for Lazarus, "Lo, how he loved him," said the Jews, John 11:35-36 . When he poured forth his soul for a drink offering for us, was not this a surer seal of his endeared love? An offering and a sacrifice ] By this to expiate our sins, by that to mediate and make request for us; and so to show... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ephesians 5:2

walk: Ephesians 3:17, Ephesians 4:2, Ephesians 4:15, John 13:34, Romans 14:16, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Colossians 3:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Timothy 4:12, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:12, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:21 as: Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 3:19, Matthew 20:28, John 15:12, John 15:13, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Galatians 1:4, Galatians 2:20, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 7:25-Daniel :, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 9:26, Hebrews 10:10, Hebrews... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 5:1-2

c. By putting off the (five) Gentile vices, Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:2 . The five Gentile vices here are: 1. Lying, Ephesians 4:25; 2. Anger, Ephesians 4:26-27; 3. Stealing, Ephesians 4:28; 4. Ribaldry, Ephesians 4:29-30; 5. Brawling, Ephesians 4:31; and Ephesians 5:1-2. To his warning against each vice St. Paul adds either its aggravation, as in 1 and 4; or a contrasted picture of the reverse virtue, as in 3 and 5. The contrast in Ephesians 4:5 is impressively extended. read more