The Pulpit Commentary on Ephesians 4:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

But ye did not thus learn Christ. "But" emphatic—a great contrast, that must come home to the conscience of every Christian, and to his whole heart and soul. The expression, "learn Christ," is a pregnant one, corresponding to "preaching Christ" (Acts 8:5)—all about Christ, Christ in all his offices, and in all his influence.

He that learns Christ appropriates him in the efficacy of his atonement, in the power of his Spirit, in the force of his lessons, and in the spirit of his influence, and finds the whole to be diametrically opposite to the godless world.

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