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Ephesians 4:17-24
The Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-24
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The Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:1-32Ephesians 4:1-32 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE.Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:17-24Ephesians 4:17-24 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancies and carnal affections. D…Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. (a. d. 61.)Ephesians 4:17-32 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEXHORTATION TO PURITY AND HOLINESS; CAUTIONS AGAINST SIN; AGAINST GRIEVING THE SPIRIT. (A. D. 61.) The apostle having gone through his exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, in the Ephesians 2:16, there follows…The Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-24Ephesians 4:17-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryContrasted principles of Gentile and Christian character. We now come more explicitly to the details of Christian duty. The apostle had presented a very high standard of Christian privilege in the preceding chapters, an…The Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-19Ephesians 4:17-19 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe moral characteristics of heathenism. The apostle warns the saints of Ephesus not to walk in the ways of paganism. These ways are vividly described. I. THE HEATHEN WALK IN THE VANITY OF THEIR MIND. This vanity has it…The Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-32Ephesians 4:17-32 · The Pulpit CommentaryRaw material for Christian unity. It comes upon us with something like a surprise, the exhortations of the present passage after the glories which have gone before. But they are instructive in that they bring out the ra…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:1-32EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Ephesians 4:17-24The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancies and carnal affections. D…Matthew HenrycommentaryExhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. (a. d. 61.)EXHORTATION TO PURITY AND HOLINESS; CAUTIONS AGAINST SIN; AGAINST GRIEVING THE SPIRIT. (A. D. 61.) The apostle having gone through his exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, in the Ephesians 2:16, there follows…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-24Contrasted principles of Gentile and Christian character. We now come more explicitly to the details of Christian duty. The apostle had presented a very high standard of Christian privilege in the preceding chapters, an…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-24Exhortation resumed. "This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord." It is characteristic of the apostle to sink his own personality, and to put forward Christ. He wishes it to be understood that it is not in his own t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-19Symptoms of moral madness. "This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the lif…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord. There is no sign of the apostle, when he comes to the practical part of Iris Epistle, deeming it of less importance than the doctrinal. The formula is very expressive; the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-19The moral characteristics of heathenism. The apostle warns the saints of Ephesus not to walk in the ways of paganism. These ways are vividly described. I. THE HEATHEN WALK IN THE VANITY OF THEIR MIND. This vanity has it…Joseph S. Exell and contributors