Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Ephesians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:17 JFB -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:17 PNT -> Commentary on 4:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:17 TSK -> Commentary on 4:17 TSK -> Entry for 4:17 WEN -> Notes on 4:17 NTB -> Adultery; Amusements And Worldly Pleasures; Conscience; Depravity Of Man; Example; Gentiles; Lasciviousness; Obedience; Pride; Vanity; Wicked (People) TTT -> Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly; Blindness, Spiritual; Fall of Man, The; Vanity EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to PWP -> Devotional using 4:17 4:17 - [In Context] For the Lord I tell you this. I warn you: Don't continue living like those people who don't believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:18 JFB -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:18 PNT -> Commentary on 4:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:18 TSK -> Commentary on 4:18 TSK -> Entry for 4:18 WEN -> Notes on 4:18 NTB -> Adultery; Blindness; Character; Conscience; Death; Depravity Of Man; Gentiles; Godlessness; Heart; Ignorance; Lasciviousness; Wicked (People) TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Character of the Wicked; Death, Spiritual; Fall of Man, The; Heart, Character of the Unrenewed; Heathen, The; Ignorance of God; Life, Spiritual; Man EBD -> Blind; Ephesians, Epistle to; Sin PWP -> Devotional using 4:18 4:18 - [In Context] Those people don't understand. They know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:19 JFB -> Commentary on 4:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:19 PNT -> Commentary on 4:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:19 TSK -> Commentary on 4:19 TSK -> Entry for 4:19 WEN -> Notes on 4:19 NTB -> Adultery; Amusements And Worldly Pleasures; Character; Conscience; Depravity Of Man; Gentiles; Ignorance; Lasciviousness; Wicked (People) TTT -> Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly; Blindness, Spiritual; Chastity; Gentiles; Heathen, The EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Sin PWP -> Devotional using 4:19 4:19 - [In Context] They have lost their feeling of shame. And they use their lives doing things that are morally wrong. More and more they want to do all kinds of evil.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:20 JFB -> Commentary on 4:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:20 PNT -> Commentary on 4:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:20 TSK -> Commentary on 4:20 TSK -> Entry for 4:20 WEN -> Notes on 4:20 NTB -> Adultery; Holiness EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to PWP -> Devotional using 4:20 4:20 - [In Context] But the things you learned in Christ were not like those bad things.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:21 JFB -> Commentary on 4:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:21 PNT -> Commentary on 4:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:21 TSK -> Commentary on 4:21 TSK -> Entry for 4:21 WEN -> Notes on 4:21 NTB -> Holiness; Regeneration EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Regeneration PWP -> Devotional using 4:21 4:21 - [In Context] I know that you heard about him. And you are in him, so you were taught the truth. Yes, the truth is in Jesus.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:22 JFB -> Commentary on 4:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:22 PNT -> Commentary on 4:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:22 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:22 TSK -> Commentary on 4:22 TSK -> Entry for 4:22 WEN -> Notes on 4:22 NTB -> Character; Depravity Of Man; Holiness; Lust; Regeneration; Righteous; Speaking TTT -> Self-denial EBD -> Conversation; Ephesians, Epistle to; Regeneration PWP -> Devotional using 4:22 TV -> Devotional using 4:22 TV -> Devotional using 4:22 TV -> Devotional using 4:22 TV -> Devotional using 4:22 TV -> Devotional using 4:22 4:22 - [In Context] You were taught to leave your old self. This means that you must stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse and worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:23 JFB -> Commentary on 4:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:23 PNT -> Commentary on 4:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:23 TSK -> Commentary on 4:23 TSK -> Entry for 4:23 WEN -> Notes on 4:23 NTB -> Heart; Holiness; Regeneration; Righteous EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Holiness; Regeneration PWP -> Devotional using 4:23 TV -> Devotional using 4:23 TV -> Devotional using 4:23 TV -> Devotional using 4:23 TV -> Devotional using 4:23 TV -> Devotional using 4:23 4:23 - [In Context] You must be made new in your hearts and in your thinking.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:24 JFB -> Commentary on 4:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:24 PNT -> Commentary on 4:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:24 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:24 TSK -> Commentary on 4:24 TSK -> Entry for 4:24 WEN -> Notes on 4:24 NTB -> Holiness; Image; Jesus, The Christ; Regeneration; Righteous TTT -> Creation; Holiness; New Birth, The; Righteousness EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Holiness; Man; Regeneration PWP -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 4:24 - [In Context] You must become a new person, made to be like God--made to be truly good and holy. F35
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:25 JFB -> Commentary on 4:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:25 PNT -> Commentary on 4:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:25 TSK -> Commentary on 4:25 TSK -> Entry for 4:25 WEN -> Notes on 4:25 NTB -> Church; Falsehood; Quotations And Allusions; Righteous; Speaking; Truth; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Truth EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to PWP -> Devotional using 4:25 TV -> Devotional using 4:25 TV -> Devotional using 4:25 TV -> Devotional using 4:25 4:25 - [In Context] So you must stop telling lies. You must always speak the truth to each other, because we all belong to each other in the same body.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:26 JFB -> Commentary on 4:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:26 PNT -> Commentary on 4:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:26 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:26 TSK -> Commentary on 4:26 TSK -> Entry for 4:26 WEN -> Notes on 4:26 NTB -> Anger; Commandments; Quotations And Allusions; Righteous; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Anger; Conduct, Christian; Malice EBD -> Anger; Ephesians, Epistle to PWP -> Devotional using 4:26 TV -> Devotional using 4:26 TV -> Devotional using 4:26 4:26 - [In Context] When you become angry, don't let that anger make you sin. And don't continue to be angry all day.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:27 JFB -> Commentary on 4:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:27 PNT -> Commentary on 4:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:27 TSK -> Commentary on 4:27 TSK -> Entry for 4:27 WEN -> Notes on 4:27 NTB -> Commandments; Righteous; Satan TTT -> Malice EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to PWP -> Devotional using 4:27 TV -> Devotional using 4:27 TV -> Devotional using 4:27 4:27 - [In Context] Don't give the devil a way to defeat you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:28 JFB -> Commentary on 4:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:28 PNT -> Commentary on 4:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:28 TSK -> Commentary on 4:28 TSK -> Entry for 4:28 WEN -> Notes on 4:28 NTB -> Commandments; Frugality; Industry; Labor; Liberality; Poor; Righteous; Theft And Thieves TTT -> Hands, The; Industry; Liberality; Theft EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Poor; Theft PWP -> Devotional using 4:28 4:28 - [In Context] If a person is stealing, he must stop stealing. That person must start working. He must use his hands for doing something good. Then he will have something to share with those people who are poor.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:29 JFB -> Commentary on 4:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:29 PNT -> Commentary on 4:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:29 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:29 TSK -> Commentary on 4:29 TSK -> Entry for 4:29 WEN -> Notes on 4:29 NTB -> Commandments; Conversation; Falsehood; Righteous; Speaking TTT -> Edification; Grace; Missionaries, all Christians should be as EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to TV -> Devotional using 4:29 TV -> Devotional using 4:29 TV -> Devotional using 4:29 TV -> Devotional using 4:29 TV -> Devotional using 4:29 TV -> Devotional using 4:29 TV -> Devotional using 4:29 TV -> Devotional using 4:29 4:29 - [In Context] When you talk, don't say any bad things. But say things that people need--things that will help other people become stronger. Then the things you say will help the people who listen to you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:30 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:30 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:30 JFB -> Commentary on 4:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:30 PNT -> Commentary on 4:30 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:30 TSK -> Commentary on 4:30 TSK -> Entry for 4:30 WEN -> Notes on 4:30 NTB -> Commandments; Grief; Holy Spirit; Righteous; Seal; Symbols And Similitudes TTT -> Day; Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Holy Spirit, The Personality of; Offences Against the Holy Spirit; Redemption; Sealing of the Holy Spirit; Seals; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Seal SPG -> Devotional using 4:30 TV -> Devotional using 4:30 TV -> Devotional using 4:30 4:30 - [In Context] And don't make the Holy Spirit F36 sad. The Spirit is God's proof that you belong to God. God gave you that Spirit to show that God will make you free at the right time.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:31 JFB -> Commentary on 4:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:31 PNT -> Commentary on 4:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:31 TSK -> Commentary on 4:31 TSK -> Entry for 4:31 WEN -> Notes on 4:31 NTB -> Anger; Commandments; Hatred; Malice; Righteous; Slander; Speaking TTT -> Anger; Slander EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to TV -> Devotional using 4:31 TV -> Devotional using 4:31 4:31 - [In Context] Never be bitter or angry or mad. Never shout angrily or say things to hurt other people. Never do anything evil.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:32 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:32 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:32 JFB -> Commentary on 4:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:32 PNT -> Commentary on 4:32 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:32 TSK -> Commentary on 4:32 TSK -> Entry for 4:32 WEN -> Notes on 4:32 NTB -> Charitableness; Commandments; Forgiveness; Heart; Jesus, The Christ; Kindness; Love; Righteous; Sin; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Communion of Saints; Forgiveness of Injuries; Heart, The; Love to Man EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to TV -> Devotional using 4:32 TV -> Devotional using 4:32 TV -> Devotional using 4:32 4:32 - [In Context] Be kind and loving to each other. Forgive each other the same as God forgave you in Christ.
FOOTNOTES: F35: holy   A holy person is pure and belongs only to God. F36: Spirit, Holy Spirit   Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.