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 devil no scope (Ephesians 4:27). Do not grieve the Spirit (Ephesians 4:30). Be kind, tender-hearted, forgiving remembering the Divine forgiveness (Ephesians 4:32). Be imitators of your heavenly Father and walk in love, remembering the love of Christ and His oblation of Himself for us.
Ephesians 4:25. Cf. Zechariah 8:16.
Ephesians 4:26. Cf. Psalms 4:4 (LXX), Deuteronomy 24:13; Deuteronomy 24:15.
Ephesians 4:29. corrupt: literally rotten, decaying. for edifying. may be: i.e. with a view to building up, as the matter may require.
Ephesians 4:30. Cf. Ephesians 1:13; Revelation 7:2 f.
Ephesians 5:2. Christ is here compared not with a sin offering but with a burnt offering ascending to heaven in savoury smoke (cf. Php_4:18).