Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV. Chapter 5.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 5.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. Chapter 5.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- "Polarity, Relationality and Interdependence," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
- Chapter I, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
- Chapter XII The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, Polycarp of Smyrna (c 120).
- Commandment 3, Commandment V.1, Commandment X.2, Commandment XII.5, Similitude VIII.2, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
- IV.XXXVII.4, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter I, Ad Martyras, Tertullian (c.197)
- Chapter XXIII, On Prayer, Tertullian (c.199)
- II.6, III.12, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.18, V.5, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XII, On Patience, Tertullian (c. 202)
- Chapter XLV, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- V.18, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 9) Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter II, Chapter XVII, Chapter XIX, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- III.II.4, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- Epistle LXI -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 249)
- Epistle XLI -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 251)
- On the Advantage of Patience -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
- Commentary by St. John Chrysostom: Homily XIV, Homily XV, Homily XVI, Homily XVII.
- From the
Geneva Notes.
Chapter 5.
- "He commends separately certain special Christian virtues, and first of all he requires truth (that is to say, sincere manners), condemning all deceit and hypocrisy, because we are born one for another."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
Chapter 5.
- "Notice the particulars wherewith we should adorn our Christian profession..."
- From
Wesley's
Notes. Chapter 5.
- "Anger at sin is not evil; but we should feel only pity to the sinner. If we are angry at the person, as well as the fault, we sin. And how hardly do we avoid it."
- On Grieving the Holy
Spirit (Eph 4:30). Sermon by John Wesley.
- "There can be no point of greater importance to him who knows that it is the Holy Spirit which leads us into all truth and into all holiness, than to consider with what temper of soul we are to entertain his divine presence; so as not either to drive him from us, or to disappoint him of the gracious ends for which his abode with us is designed; which is not the amusement of our understanding, but the conversion and entire sanctification of our hearts and lives."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 5.
- ""Malice" is the secret root of all: "fires fed within, and not appearing to by-standers from without, are the most formidable" [CHRYSOSTOM]."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. Chapter 5.
- "A person under the dominion of anger is in a fit state to be tempted to evil deeds."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
-
Commentary,
Ephesians 4:25-5:2, Susan Hylen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Even with the transformative effects of the love of God, the writer of Ephesians recognizes that sin does not disappear."
-
"Shaping Community,"
- "When have your words been a 'creative act'?"
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"First Thoughts Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 10, William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "The Spirit wants to bear the fruits of love in you and through you. Fundamental to all of this is forgiveness. It means giving, not holding oneself back and holding something against people. Let it go, embrace them; God embraced us."
-
"Between
the Animals and the Gods: Virtue and Vice according to the Apostle Paul,"
- "How do we confuse personal virtue with sanctimony and moralism?"
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- "A Guide to the New Life," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- "Practicing Newness," "Thinking and Practicing Reconciliation": The Ephesians Texts for Pentecost 8-14, Ronald Olson, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1997.
- Ephesians 4:30 - 5:2, Reconciled in Christ: Ministry in Light of Ephesians, Wendell W. Frerichs, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1988.
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"Wielding Truth," Marva Dawn, The Lutheran, 2001.
- "Is there any help for us against the cultural tide of dishonesty?"
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"Tempering
the Spirit of Wrath: Anger and the Christian Life," Robert C. Roberts. The
Christian Century, 1997. At Religion OnLine.
- "We must admit that the condemnation ingredient in anger always involves an illusory self-perception. But sometimes illusions are an inevitable part of our human situation and ones that we get around not by eradicating them but by compensating for them."
- "Handling
Anger in a Godly Way: Christian Approaches to Anger," Gary
Chapman. An excerpt from The Other Side of Love: Handling Anger in a
Godly Way. At Beliefnet.
- "...the experience of anger is not sinful. It is a part of our humanity and reflects the anger experienced by God Himself."
-
Commentary,
Ephesians 4:25-5:2, Susan Hylen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- Articles & Background:
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Frerichs, Wendell W., "Reconciled in
Christ: Ministry in Light of Ephesians," Word & World, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hartog, Paul, "Polycarp, Ephesians,
and 'Scripture,'" Westminster Theological Journal, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hatch, William H.P. and Bradford C
Wells, "A Hitherto Unpublished Fragment of the Epistle to the
Ephesians," Harvard Theological Review, 1958.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Herrmann, Erik H., "Homiletical Helps
on LW Series B," Concordia Journal, 2006. (Section on this text
begins on p. 319)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jolivet, Ira, "The Ethical
Instructions in Ephesians as the Unwritten Statutes and Ordinances of
God's New Temple in Ezekiel," Restoration Quarterly, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kasdorf, Julia Spicher, "To Pasture, 'Amish
Forgiveness,' Silence and the West Nickel Mines School Shooting,"
Cross Currents, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mason, Elliott J., Sr.,
"Joy and Prayer," The Living Pulpit, 2006.
(see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Olson, Ronald, "'Thinking and
Practicing Reconciliation': The Ephesians Texts for Pentecost 8-14,"
Word & World, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Roberts, Robert C., "Tempering the
Spirit of Wrath: Anger and the Christian Life," The Christian Century,
1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Van Engen, Charles,
"Toward a Theology of Mission Partnerships," Missiology, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wallace, Daniel B., "ORGIZESTHE
in Ephesians 4:26: Command or Condition?" Criswell Theological Review,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Woodcock, Eldon, "The Seal of the Holy Spirit,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Frerichs, Wendell W., "Reconciled in
Christ: Ministry in Light of Ephesians," Word & World, 1988.
- Sermons:
- "The Fullness of Forgiveness," the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Reaves, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2004.
- "Stripping Off the Old," from a series of sermons on the book of Ephesians by Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington.
- With Children:
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"The Case of the Missing 30,000,"
- "Let Love Be Your Guide," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
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Ephesians 4:32,
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"The Case of the Missing 30,000,"
- Drama:
- "I am Not!" Marc Harrison, dramatix.
- "Steamed Up," John McNeil, dramatix.
- "IALAC," John McNeil, dramatix.
- "Who Needs It?" Joanne Miller, dramatix.
- "Reunion," Giacinta Fedele, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Ephesians 4:30; 5:1. The Cyber Hymnal.
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