1. Be ye Become ye, parallel with become ye ( be ye) in Ephesians 4:32, where see note. Therefore In view of the fact that God… hath forgiven you, become followers (literally, imitators) of God by casting off all bitterness, Ephesians 4:31, with the guilelessness of dear children, who imitate their placable father in freely forgiving. read more
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
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;Be ye therefore followers — Imitators.Of God — In forgiving and loving. O how much more honourable and more happy, to be an imitator of God, than of Homer, Virgil, or Alexander the Great! read more