Ephesians 5:15-20
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- II.4, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.6, To His Wife, Tertullian (c. 206)
- V.18, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 9) Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter XVII, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- VI.LIV, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
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Commentary
by St. John Chrysostom:
Homily XIX.
- "The evil of the day ought to belong to the day. What is the evil of a body? Disease. And what again the evil of the soul? Wickedness. What is the evil of water? Bitterness. And the evil of each particular thing, is with reference to that nature of it which is affected by the evil."
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "The worse and more corrupt that the manners of this world are, the more watchful we ought to be in every situation, and give regard to nothing but the will of God."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Another remedy against sin, is care, or caution, it being impossible else to maintain purity of heart and life."
- The Heinous Sin of Drunkenness (Eph 5:18): sermon by George Whitefield.
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "With all possible care redeeming the time - Saving all you can for the best purposes; buying every possible moment out of the hands of sin and Satan; out of the hands of sloth, ease, pleasure, worldly business; the more diligently, because the present are evil days, days of the grossest ignorance, immorality, and profaneness."
- On Redeeming the Time (Eph 5:16). Sermon by John Wesley.
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The days of life in general are so exposed to evil, as to make it necessary to make the most of the seasonable opportunity so long as it lasts."
- From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "While the lips sing, the heart must join in the melody by an uplifting to God. Too much singing in the churches is only of the lips."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Ephesians 5:15-20, Brian Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "This unit of exhortation begins with its roots planted in the wisdom tradition."
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Stan Mast, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
- "This text is a kind of hinge between the black and white moral exhortations of 4:1-5:14 and the relatively grayer areas of personal relations in the family and the workplace in 5:22-6:9."
- Commentary,
Ephesians 5:15-20, Melinda Quivik, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "The promises of the Gospel on this Sunday may make it possible to hear the epistle's commands in the spirit of their intention."
- "Where Is the Love?" Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2012.
- "How are we supposed to live in love the way Jesus did if we avoid the people Jesus loved?"
- "Making the Most of Our Time," Melissa Bane Servier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2012.
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Commentary,
Ephesians 5:15-20, Susan Hylen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "These verses continue instructions regarding the Christian life. This life is the result of the reconciliation that God has brought about in Christ..."
- "The Meaning of Life," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2009.
- "The way of wisdom is a life filled by the Holy Spirit, bearing the fruit of the Spirit, serving in the strength the Spirit provides, adopting the attitudes inspired by the spirit, attitudes of joy and gratitude and humility and respect."
-
"First Thoughts Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 12, William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Ultimately Ephesians has as its theme: coming together in a wholeness in which, connected to Jesus as one body, we seek to fill the whole of reality with God's goodness."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "Practicing Wisdom," "Thinking and Practicing Reconciliation": The Ephesians Texts for Pentecost 8-14, Ronald Olson, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1997.
- Ephesians 5:15-20, Reconciled in Christ: Ministry in Light of Ephesians, Wendell W. Frerichs, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1988.
-
"Being Subject as We Sing," Randy Cooper, (other resources at)
"Singing Our Lives," Christian Reflection, 2006.
- "Singing 'psalms and hymns and spiritual songs' is a political act that challenges all human categories and divisions."
- Commentary,
Ephesians 5:15-20, Brian Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- 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. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Collins, C. John, "Ephesians 5:18:
What Does PLEROUSTHE EN PNEUMATI Mean?" Presbyterion,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Easley, Kendell H.,
"The Pauline Usage of Pneumati as a Reference to the Spirit of God,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Frerichs, Wendell W., "Reconciled in
Christ: Ministry in Light of Ephesians," Word & World, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fritsche, Joel P., "Homiletical Helps
on LW Series B," Concordia Journal, 2006. (Section on this text
begins on p. 320)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Goetz, Ronald, "Gratitude for
Everything," The Christian Century, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gombis, Timothy G., "Being the
Fullness of God in Christ by the Spirit: Ephesians 5:18 in Its
Epistolary Setting," Tyndale Bulletin, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gosnell, Peter W., "Ephesians 5:18-20
and Mealtime Propriety," Tyndale Bulletin, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Heil, John Paul, "Ephesians 5:18b:
'But Be Filled in the Spirit,'" The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jones, L. Gregory, "Trouble Brewing,"
The Christian Century, 2006.
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 - Rogers, Cleon L., Jr.,
"The Dionysian Background of Ephesians 5:18," Bibliotheca Sacra,
1979.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Van Roon, A.,
"The Relationship between Christ and the Wisdom of God according to Paul,"
Novum Testamentum, 1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Collins, C. John, "Ephesians 5:18:
What Does PLEROUSTHE EN PNEUMATI Mean?" Presbyterion,
2007.
- Sermons:
- "Hey! Pay Attention!" the Rev. Dr. Rick Dietrich, Day 1, 2003.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 15B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary.
- "Soli Deo Gloria," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- Drama:
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Ephesians 5:18-19. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
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Concordance:
- Groundhog Day (Eph 5:16)
