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Ephesians 5:1 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 5 · verse 1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;Ephesians 5:1 · King James Version
Ephesians 5:1 in context
1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 John 4:11
- 1 Peter 1:15-16
- Ephesians 4:32
- Matthew 5:48
- Luke 6:35-36
- Colossians 3:12
- Leviticus 11:45
- 1 John 3:1-2
Key words (Strong's)
- followersmimētēsan imitatorG3402 →
- dearagapētosbeloved, esteemed, dear, favourite, worthy of loveG27 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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Here we have the exhortation to mutual love, or to Christian charity. The apostle had been insisting on this in the former chapter, and particularly in the last verses of it, to which the particle therefore refers, and connects what he had said there with what is contained in these verses, thus: "Because God, for…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2