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Commentaries on Ephesians 4:30

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Ephesians 4 The apostle having in the three former chapters treated of the doctrines of grace, and explained and established them, proceeds in the three following to exhort to the duties of religion; and in this advises to a becoming conversation in general, and to brotherly concord and unity in particular; and dehorts from several vices, and encourages to the contrary virtues....

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God,.... Not a believer's own spirit, sanctified by the Holy Ghost, which is grieved by sin; nor the spirit of a good man, that hears our words and sees our actions, and is displeased and troubled at them; but the third person in the Trinity: and this is said of him by an anthropopathy, and supposes something done that is offensive to him; and he may be grieved,...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We have gone through the former part of this epistle, which consists of several important doctrinal truths, contained in the three preceding chapters. We enter now on the latter part of it, in which we have the most weighty and serious exhortations that can be given. We may observe that in this, as in most others of Paul's epistles, the former part is doctrinal, and fitted to inform the minds of...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

But that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Why does the apostle say clamor? Why. because when people are angry they generally talk very loud, and I...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. The Holy Spirit’s being in you is your seal that you are the child of God, and the power by which you will be preserved till the resurrection; therefore, do not grieve that blessed Spirit.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

That which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Especially take heed of that “evil speaking” against which the apostle warns you, for there are many people...