“ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; ”
Be ye therefore followers of God - Greek, “Be imitators - μιμηταὶ mimētai - of God.” The idea is not that they were to be the friends of God, or numbered among his followers, but that they...
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:2 . Precepts of the New Life. Away then with lying, resentment, stealing, foul talk, bad temper, lust. Remember the common membership ( Ephesians 4:25 ). Give the d...
followers . imitators. Greek. mimetes. See 1 Corinthians 4:16 . God . App-98. dear . beloved. App-135. children . App-108.
1. Be ye therefore followers. The same principle is followed out and enforced by the consideration that children ought to be like their father. He reminds us that we are the children of God,...
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; Be ye therefore followers of God - The beginning of this chapter is properly a continuation of the preceding, which should have ended with the seco...
Be ye therefore, &c.— "Since therefore God is so exceedingly good and merciful in the exercise of his pardoning grace toward you (ch. Ephesians 4:32 .), let this excite you to be (μιμηται) imi...
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; Be ye, х ginesthe ( G1096 )] - 'become.' Therefore - since 'God in Christ forgave you' ( Ephesians 4:32 ). Followers - Greek, '...
The old Darkness and new Light. Rules for the Married 1, 2. In close connexion with what precedes. 'It is the mark of beloved children to become imitators of a loving Father; practise the self-sac...
Followers of God. — The phrase is unique and very striking; literally, imitators of God : and the word “therefore” implies that this imitation of God must be chiefly in His essential attribute of...
Chapter 22 DOCTRINE AND ETHICS Ephesians 4:25-32 ; Ephesians 5:1-6 The homily that we have briefly reviewed in the last chapter demands further consideration. It affords a striking and instr...
Walk as Children of Light Ephesians 5:1-12 It is indeed a high calling to imitate God and to walk in love after the measure of Christ; but it will be impossible unless we open our innermost hea...
All that the apostle had been saying was emphasized by the statement of their relationship to God as he called them to be "imitators of God." Again he urged them to put off the old and put on the new...
CONTENTS The Apostle is still prosecuting the same Subject, as in the former upon the Church to follow God, under the Character of dear Children. He closeth his subject, in a most beautiful Represen...
THE HIGHEST DIGNITY OF MAN ‘Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.’ Ephesians 5:1-2 We can follow God in love. In this ability ou...
Be ye therefore followers of God ,.... Not in his works of infinite wisdom and almighty power, which is impossible; but in acts of righteousness and holiness, and particularly in acts of mercy, good...
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; Ver. 1. Be ye therefore followers ] In forgiving one another. As dear children ] God hath but a few such children. See Trapp on " Mat 5:4...
Therefore Because you are forgiven by God, and have been so much loved; ( Ephesians 4:32 ;) be ye followers Μιμηται, imitators, of God In loving and forgiving; as dear Αγαπητα, beloved, chil...
WALK IN LOVE (vs.1-7) Verses 1 and 2 of chapter 5 are closely connected with verse 32 of chapter 4. God's gracious character of love that delights to have us as His dear children is our example....
Cautions against Impurity. A. D. 61. 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2...
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 5 Ephesians 5:1,2 Paul exhorteth to the imitation of God, and of the love of Christ, Ephesians 5:3,4 to avoid fornication and all uncleanness, Ephesians 5:5,6 which excl...
The Christian Walk in Love, Light and Wisdom (5:1-21). ‘Therefore you be imitators of God as beloved children, and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offer...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 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 rem...
Ephesians 5:1 Christ's Acts of Love the Christian's Model. I. Christ took our flesh that in it He might go up and down among us; that in it He might be seen by us; that in it He might speak to us...
Ephesians 5:1 . Be ye therefore followers of God, Or, imitators of God,- Ephesians 5:1 . As dear children; Children are naturally imitators. They are usually inclined to imitate their fathe...
Ephesians 5:1 . 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...
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children. Imitators of God The apostle urges us to give and forgive. If ye be imitators of God, give, for He is always giving. I. Consider the prece...
EXPOSITIOn Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as children beloved. These words are closely connected with the preceding. In Ephesians 4:32 he had urged the example of God...
Be ye, therefore, followers of God, as dear children;
1 John 3:1 ; 1 John 3:2 ; 1 John 4:11 ; 1 Peter 1:15 ; 1 Peter 1:16 ; Colossians 3:12 ; Ephesians 4:32 ; Hosea 1:10 ; Jeremiah 31:20 ; John 1:12 ; Leviticus 11:45 ; Luke 6:35 ; Luke 6:36...
Followers of God Ephesians 5:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of today's chapter has a clear and clarion call to the children of God. It is something that we may not sidetrack or push...
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!