Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Ephesians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:17 JFB -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:17 PNT -> Commentary on 5:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:17 TSK -> Commentary on 5:17 TSK -> Entry for 5:17 WEN -> Notes on 5:17 NTB -> Commandments; Wisdom EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to PWP -> Devotional using 5:17 PWP -> Devotional using 5:17 PWP -> Devotional using 5:17 5:17 - [In Context] So don't be foolish with your lives. But learn what the Lord wants you to do.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:18 JFB -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:18 PNT -> Commentary on 5:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:18 TSK -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Entry for 5:18 WEN -> Notes on 5:18 NTB -> Commandments; Drunkenness; Holy Spirit; Joy; Wine TTT -> Drunkenness; Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, The; Wine EBD -> Drunk; Ephesians, Epistle to; Wine PWP -> Devotional using 5:18 PWP -> Devotional using 5:18 PWP -> Devotional using 5:18 5:18 - [In Context] Don't be drunk with wine. That will ruin (destroy) you spiritually. But be filled with the Spirit. F39
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:19 JFB -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:19 PNT -> Commentary on 5:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:19 TSK -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Entry for 5:19 WEN -> Notes on 5:19 NTB -> Commandments; Fellowship; Joy; Music; Praise; Song; Testimony; Thankfulness TTT -> Joy; Music; Praise EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Hymn SBD -> Hymn PWP -> Devotional using 5:19 PWP -> Devotional using 5:19 TV -> Devotional using 5:19 TV -> Devotional using 5:19 TV -> Devotional using 5:19 5:19 - [In Context] Communicate to each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:20 JFB -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:20 PNT -> Commentary on 5:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:20 TSK -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Entry for 5:20 WEN -> Notes on 5:20 NTB -> Commandments; God; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Thankfulness TTT -> Thanksgiving EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Prayer PWP -> Devotional using 5:20 PWP -> Devotional using 5:20 TV -> Devotional using 5:20 TV -> Devotional using 5:20 TV -> Devotional using 5:20 5:20 - [In Context] Always give thanks to God the Father for everything. Give him thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:21 JFB -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:21 PNT -> Commentary on 5:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:21 TSK -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Entry for 5:21 WEN -> Notes on 5:21 NTB -> Commandments; Fear Of God; Humility EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Fear of the Lord the PWP -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 5:21 - [In Context] Be willing to serve each other. Do this because you respect Christ.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:22 JFB -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:22 PNT -> Commentary on 5:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:22 TSK -> Commentary on 5:22 TSK -> Entry for 5:22 WEN -> Notes on 5:22 NTB -> Church; Husband; Wife TTT -> Wives EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Wife SBD -> Marriage 5:22 - [In Context] Wives, be willing to serve your husbands, the same as the Lord.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:23 JFB -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:23 PNT -> Commentary on 5:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:23 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:23 TSK -> Commentary on 5:23 TSK -> Entry for 5:23 WEN -> Notes on 5:23 NTB -> Church; Husband; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Wife TTT -> Christ, the Head of the Church; Church, The; Husbands; Marriage; Salvation; Titles and Names of Christ EBD -> Church; Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Solomon, Song of; Wife 5:23 - [In Context] The husband is the head of the wife, the same as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ's body--Christ is the Savior of the body.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:24 JFB -> Commentary on 5:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:24 PNT -> Commentary on 5:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:24 TSK -> Commentary on 5:24 TSK -> Entry for 5:24 WEN -> Notes on 5:24 NTB -> Church; Husband; Wife TTT -> Church, The; Love of Christ, The; Marriage; Wives EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Wife 5:24 - [In Context] The church is under the authority of Christ. So it is the same with you wives. You should be under the authority of your husbands in everything.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:25 JFB -> Commentary on 5:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:25 PNT -> Commentary on 5:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:25 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:25 TSK -> Commentary on 5:25 TSK -> Entry for 5:25 WEN -> Notes on 5:25 NTB -> Atonement; Church; Husband; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Sanctification; Suffering; Wife TTT -> Atonement, The; Christ is God; Church, The; Holiness; Husbands; Love to Man; Union With Christ EBD -> Church; Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 5:25 SPG -> Devotional using 5:25 TV -> Devotional using 5:25 TV -> Devotional using 5:25 TV -> Devotional using 5:25 5:25 - [In Context] Husbands, love your wives the same as Christ loved the church. Christ died for the church.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:26 JFB -> Commentary on 5:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:26 PNT -> Commentary on 5:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:26 TSK -> Commentary on 5:26 TSK -> Entry for 5:26 WEN -> Notes on 5:26 NTB -> Ablution; Baptism; Church; Husband; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Sanctification; Symbols And Similitudes; Types; Washing; Word Of God TTT -> Atonement, The; Baptism with the Holy Spirit; Christ is God; Church, The; Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Excellency and Glory of the Church, The; Holiness; Husbands; Laver of Brass; Purifications or Baptisms; Sanctification; Scriptures, The; Types of Christ; Union With Christ; Water EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 5:26 TV -> Devotional using 5:26 TV -> Devotional using 5:26 TV -> Devotional using 5:26 5:26 - [In Context] He died to make the church holy. F40 Christ used the telling of the Good News F41 to make the church clean by washing it with water.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:27 JFB -> Commentary on 5:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:27 PNT -> Commentary on 5:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:27 TSK -> Commentary on 5:27 TSK -> Entry for 5:27 WEN -> Notes on 5:27 NTB -> Blemish; Blessing; Church; Husband; Jesus, The Christ; Sanctification; Types TTT -> Atonement, The; Christ is God; Church, The; Excellency and Glory of the Church, The; Holiness; Husbands; Sanctification; Types of Christ; Union With Christ EBD -> Blemish; Church; Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Solomon, Song of; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 5:27 5:27 - [In Context] Christ died so that he could give the church to himself {like a bride} full of glory (beauty). He died so that the church could be pure and without fault, with no evil or sin or any other thing wrong in the church.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:28 JFB -> Commentary on 5:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:28 PNT -> Commentary on 5:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:28 TSK -> Commentary on 5:28 TSK -> Entry for 5:28 WEN -> Notes on 5:28 NTB -> Church; Husband; Wife TTT -> Christ is God; Husbands; Union With Christ EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 5:28 5:28 - [In Context] And husbands should love their wives like that. They should love their wives like they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:29 JFB -> Commentary on 5:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:29 PNT -> Commentary on 5:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:29 TSK -> Commentary on 5:29 TSK -> Entry for 5:29 WEN -> Notes on 5:29 NTB -> Church; Husband; Jesus, The Christ (continued) TTT -> Christ is God; Husbands; Union With Christ EBD -> Church; Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Solomon, Song of; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 5:29 5:29 - [In Context] Why? Because no person ever hates his own body. Every person feeds and takes care of his body. And that is what Christ does for the church,
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:30 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:30 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:30 JFB -> Commentary on 5:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:30 PNT -> Commentary on 5:30 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:30 TSK -> Commentary on 5:30 TSK -> Entry for 5:30 WEN -> Notes on 5:30 NTB -> Assurance; Church; Fellowship; Husband; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Marriage; Righteous TTT -> Assurance; Christ is God; Husbands; Titles and Names of Saints; Union With Christ EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 5:30 5:30 - [In Context] because we are parts of his body.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:31 JFB -> Commentary on 5:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:31 PNT -> Commentary on 5:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:31 TSK -> Commentary on 5:31 TSK -> Entry for 5:31 WEN -> Notes on 5:31 NTB -> Church; Husband; Marriage; Quotations And Allusions; Wife TTT -> Christ is God; Husbands; Union With Christ EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Marriage; Mystery; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 5:31 5:31 - [In Context] {The Scriptures F42 say,} "So a man will leave his father and mother and join his wife. And the two people will become one." F43
FOOTNOTES: F39: 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. F40: holy   God's people are called holy because they are made pure through Christ and belong only to God. F41: Good News   The news that God has made a way for people to have their sins forgiven and live with him forever. F42: Scripture(s)   Holy Writings--the Old Testament. F43: "So a man … one"   Quote from Gen. 2:24.

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; SBD - Smith'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.