This chapter Ephesians 5 is a continuation of the practical exhortations commenced in Ephesians 4. It comprises the following points, or subjects:
- The exhortation to be followers of God, and to walk in love; Ephesians 5:1-2.
- The duty of avoiding the impure practices of the surrounding pagan, and of wholly breaking off from the vices in which even they themselves had indulged, before their conversion to Christianity;Ephesians 5:3-17 Ephesians 5:3-17.
- The apostle cautions them particularly against the use of wine, and the revelry which attends its use, and exhorts them rather to engage in the exercises to which the Holy Spirit would prompt them, and to the services of praise and thanksgiving; Ephesians 5:18-20.
- He exhorts they to mutual subjection; and particularly enjoins on wives the duty of being subject to their husbands; Ephesians 5:21-24.
- The chapter closes with a statement of the duty of husbands to love their wives, illustrated by that which Christ showed for the church; Ephesians 5:25-33.