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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Hear this, beloved, I pray you; especially those of you who have hot tempers, and have fallen out with one another. “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.” Remember how much Christ has forgiven you, and show a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And above all these things,.... Bowels of mercies, kindness, c. put on charity, or brotherly love, for without this all is nothing they will only be done in show and appearance, in mere guise and hypocrisy, if love is wanting; this actuates and exercises all the rest; it is only from this principle that true sympathy, real kindness, undisguised...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts. For that is the great foundation of every godly fruit. We are in such a hurry, in such dreadful haste, so selfish, so discontented, so impetuous, and the major part of our sins spring from that condition of mind. But if we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And above all these things put on charity, — Or, rather, “love,” — Col_3:14. Which is the bond of perfectness. The perfect bond, the girdle that goes round, and keeps every other garment of virtue in its place.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,.... By "the peace of God" is meant, either the peace believers have with God, which is his gift, and passes all understanding, and flows from a comfortable apprehension of interest in the blood, righteousness, and atonement of Christ; or rather that peace which does, or should subsist among the saints...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. It looks like a very small virtue to be thankful. Yet, dear friends, the absence of it is one of the grossest of vices. To be ungrateful is a mean thing: to be ungrateful to God is a base thing. And yet how many may accuse themselves of it! Who among us is as grateful as he should...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; Do not fall out with one another. You are called to peace, for you are cared in one body. Does one hand in the body fight with the other hand? Does the foot contend with the eye? Of course not, for they are in one body. So are you in one body with all your...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let the word of Christ dwell in you,.... The Alexandrian copy and Arabic version read, "the word of God"; by which may be meant the whole Scripture, all the writings of the Old and New Testament, which are by inspiration of God, were endited by the spirit of Christ, speak and testify of him, and were written for his sake, and on his account, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the word of Christ dwell in you. Alexander had a casket of gold studded with gems to carry Homer’s works. Let your own heart be a casket for the command of Christ. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. See how...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Do not draw any line of demarcation, and say,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Now the apostle, guided by the Holy Spirit,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed,.... Whether in preaching the word of Christ, in hearing the Gospel, in singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and in conference and conversation with each other; or in whatsoever action, civil or religious throughout the whole life and conversation, in the performance of things natural, moral, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands,.... The apostle proceeds from those duties which related to them as church members one towards another, for their mutual good and edification, and the glory of God, to such as concerned them in their own houses and families, as in a natural relation to each other; as husbands and wives, parents and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. It is seemly according to nature; and it is still more “fit in the Lord.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Husbands, love your wives,.... [See comments on Ephesians 5:25]. and be not bitter against them; turning love into hatred of their persons; ruling with rigour, and in a tyrannical manner; behaving towards them in a morose, churlish, and ill natured way; giving them either bitter words, or blows, and denying them their affection, care, provision,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Husbands love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Oh! there are some spirits that are very bitter. A little thing puts them out, and they would take delight in a taunt which grieves the spirit. I pity the poor woman who has such bitterness where she ought to have sweetness: yet there be some such husbands.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Never say a bitter word against them; and, especially, never dishonour them in the household, before children or servants, as some have done; but do all that you can to manifest love and tenderness toward them.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Children, obey your parents,.... Both father and mother; [See comments on Ephesians 6:1]. in all things; not in things sinful, which are contrary to the law of God, and Gospel of Christ; in things repugnant to the duties of religion, the ordinances of the Gospel, and the doctrines of Christ, parents are to be neglected and disobeyed. God is to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. The duties are mutual. Scripture maintains an equilibrium. It does not lay down commands for one class, and then leave the other to exercise whatever tyrannical oppression it may please. The...