Time is a talent given us by God, and it is misspent and lost when not employed according to his design. -- Ephes. God keeps believers from sinning against him, and engages them to submit one to another in all he has commanded, to promote his glory, and to fulfil their duties to each other. Ephesians 5:27. See what over 145,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. A.S.V. Though we are not always singing, we should be always giving thanks; we should never want disposition for this duty, as we never want matter for it, through the whole course of our lives. People are very apt to complain of bad times; it were well if that stirred them more to redeem time. We do not now see what the Church one day will be, and what she ever was in the eyes of Jesus. King James Version w/ Apocrypha III, What Children of Light Should Be'Walk as children of light.'--Eph. This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the Word of God. v. 9 (R.V.). Redeeming the time, because the days …Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians, Peter,John, Redeeming the Time'See, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.'--Eph. Commentary on Ephesians 5:1,2 (Read Ephesians 5:1,2) Because God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you, therefore be ye followers of God, imitators of God. Copy Options. Eph 5:27 : That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. The drunkard holds out to his family and to the world the sad spectacle of a sinner hardened beyond what is common, and hastening to perdition. This is one of the cases in which the Revised Version has done service by giving currency to an unmistakably accurate and improved reading. For both classes my text presents the best motto for another year. Third Sunday in LentText: Ephesians 5, 1-9. Ephesians 5:27 Choose a Background KJV: That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. v. 23). (5:27) Usually the bride's father would present her to the groom. Redeeming the time, because the days, 'See, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.'--Eph. I.S.V. But by fervent prayer let us seek to be filled with the Spirit, and to avoid whatever may grieve our gracious Comforter. There are many such texts, many more than we fancy; but this is one which is especially valuable …Charles Kingsley—Sermons for the Times, Against Foolish Talking and Jesting. 12. That he might present it to himself a glorious church. The best masters of such wisdom are wont to interdict things, apt by unseasonable …Isaac Barrow—Sermons on Evil-Speaking, by Isaac Barrow. There are many such texts, many more than we fancy; but this is one which is especially valuable, "Nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient." The Epistle to the Ephesians, chapter 5, King James Version (KJV), Strong's Concordance, 33 verses. Compare all, Exhortation to brotherly love. And if we share with others in their sins, we must expect to share in their plagues. All things which are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever is made manifest is light. KJV: King James Version Amplified® KJV_Strongs 27 G2443 That G3936 he might present G846 it G1438 to himself G1741 a glorious G1577 church G3361, not G2192 having G4696 spot G2228, or G4512 wrinkle G2228, or G5100 any G5108 such thing G235; but G2443 that G5600 it should be G40 holy G2532 and G299 without blemish. Ephesians 5:27 KJV. The Bereans "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:10-11). It was our Lord who coined this great name for His disciples. And while we adore and rejoice in the condescending love of Christ, let husbands and wives learn hence their duties to each other. Ephesians 5:26. 1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell. But if it is considered in Christ, it is clean and without wrinkle. Ephesians 5:25-27Open menuKing James VersionOpen menu. Verses 22-33 The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. IN completing lately the annual round of our Christian holy-days, I expressed to you the wish that the holy emotions which our hearts experience at such seasons might not pass away with them; but that the impressions then made might accompany us during the other half of the year, so that without any extraordinary festival incitement we might constantly retain a more lively sense of communion with the Redeemer, and a fuller enjoyment of what the eternal Father has done through …Friedrich Schleiermacher—Selected Sermons of Schleiermacher, The Light of GodPreached for the Chelsea National Schools.] Ephesians 5:27, KJV: "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." (3-14) Directions to a contrary behaviour, and to relative duties. Starting your free trial of Bible Gateway Plus is easy. (o) The Church as it is considered in itself, will not be without wrinkle, before it come to the mark it aims at: for while it is in this life, it runs in a race. The love of Christ to the church is an example, which is sincere, pure, and constant, notwithstanding her failures. that they pollute and poison the hearers. G299. Ephesians 5:27. so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. Twentieth Sunday after Trinity the Careful Walk of the Christian. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. If we have lost our time heretofore, we must double our diligence for the future. That which stands in our Authorised Version, 'the fruit of the Spirit' seems to have been a correction made by some one who took offence at the violent metaphor, as he conceived it, that 'light' should bear 'fruit' and desired to tinker the text so as to bring it into, 'And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean …Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. Verses 15-21 Another remedy against sin, is care, or caution, it being impossible else to maintain purity of heart and life. "Christ is the head" (Eph. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. When afflicted or weary, let us not seek to raise our spirits by strong drink, which is hateful and hurtful, and only ends in making sorrows more felt. Christ died so that he could give the church to himself \{like a bride\} full of glory (beauty). These works of darkness are unfruitful, whatever profit they may boast; for they end in the destruction of the impenitent sinner. That G2443 he might present G3936 it G846 to himself G1438 a glorious G1741 church, G1577 not G3361 having G2192 spot, G4696 or G2228 wrinkle, G4512 or G2228 any G5100 such thing; G5108 but G235 that G2443 it should be G5600 holy G40 and G2532 without blemish. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). But the grace of God wrought a mighty change in the souls of many. Eph 5:27 - That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, ... (KJV), 1611, 1769. 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk [See then that ye walk circumspectly], not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk [See then that ye walk circumspectly], not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Jesus Christ said, 'Believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light'; and Paul gives substantially the same account of the way by which a man becomes a Son of the Light when he says, in the words preceding …Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians, Peter,John, The Fruit of the Light'The fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.'--Eph. Just what does "submit" (NIV, KJV) or "be subject" (NRSV) mean? Ephesians 5:27 . And many painful effects would be avoided many years yet to live reproved are made manifest the... For his disciples to complain of bad times ; it is misspent and lost not... 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