Ephesians 5:14-21 - Are You Living a Spirit-Filled Life?
Ephesians 5:3-14 - Practice Moral Purity
Ephesians 5:16 - Use of Time
What Does It Mean to Submit to One Another in Ephesians 5?
What is the meaning of the apostle Paul's language of "submit to one another" in Ephesians 5:20-21? This article explains that Paul is exhorting us to mutual submission, as an act of reverence to Christ and as evidence of the work of his grace in our hearts.
Ten Things You Should Know about the Filling of the Spirit in Ephesians 5:18
We are commanded in Ephesians 5:18 to be filled with the Spirit. What does this mean? Here are ten things you need to know on the matter.
Men and the Marriage Dance
The Christian Wife
Divorce and Remarriage: One Flesh
Staying Chaste in a Sex-Saturated World
Lead Your Wife Spiritually – A Guide for Husbands
This article urges husbands to be the spiritual leaders in their marriages, according to Ephesians 5:25-28. It provides several ways in which husbands can lead their wives spiritually.
How to Love Your Wife: A Guide for Husbands
This article explains that according to Ephesians 5:22-23, husbands are to lead in love in their marriages.
Mastering Submission Six Secrets about what the Bible really Teaches
The Love You Don't Need
This article discusses the kind of love we need to show, in light of Ephesians 5:1-3.
Ephesians 5:18 – To Be Filled with the Spirit
Ephesians 5:25-30 – An Appeal to Married Christian Men to Submit to Their Wives by Loving Them
Ephesians 5:22-24 – An Appeal to Married Christian Women to Know Their God-Given Position
Ephesians 5:1-21 – Walking in Love and Light
Ephesians 5:22-6:9 – God-Honouring Relationships
Ephesians 5:18 – Filled with the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 5:18-20 and Mealtime Propriety
Ephesians 5:18 contrasts drunkenness with fullness with the Spirit. This essay explores behavioural patterns followed at various Greco-Roman convivial gatherings. Accordingly, the present study suggests that the statements of Ephesians 5:18-20, and ultimately others made throughout the moral teaching in Ephesians, simply reflect the writer's assumption that his readers regularly gathered in a mealtime context.
"Be Imitators of Me": Paul's Model of Leadership
The most important models Paul urges his readers to imitate are those of himself, Christ, and God. He also directs his readers to the behavior of other individuals and occasionally reminds them of the example of other churches. There are also exhortations that his readers become "models" for others to imitate. Questions have been asked regarding the motivation behind Paul’s instruction.
Being the Fullness of God in Christ by the Spirit: Ephesians 5:18 in Its Epistolary Setting
What is the fullness of the Spirit referred to by Paul in Ephesians 5:18? Often this text is read in terms of the empowerment of individual believers for discipleship and ministry, and this leads to difficulties in relating the text to its immediate literary context.
Of Burner Phones and Busy Lives: Making the Best Use of Time
How can you make the best use of your time? Based on Ephesians 5:15-16 this article explains that you can redeem the time by purchasing, protecting, positioning, and profiting from time.
Love and the Husband
From Ephesians 5:25 this article shows that man is called to love his wife. It shows that such love mirrors Christ's love.
Sanctification
This article considers the need to please the Lord, as a fruit of salvation. Ephesians 5:10 is its starting point.
Ephesians 5:14 – Paul's Creative and Contextual Use of Isaiah
This study explores the possibility that Paul created the so-called hymnic material he is using in Ephesians 5:14. Supporting this thesis is a study of the way that the passages from Isaiah have been conflated in Ephesians 5 and have influenced the broader contours of Ephesians. The authors first look at the Old Testament text behind the citation and then demonstrates how Paul contextually appropriates the texts for his purposes.
Ephesians 5:25 – 4 Marks of a Godly Husband's Love
According to Ephesians 5:25 a godly husband is characterized by his love. This article explains the kind of love the Bible refers to.
Rekindling the Dying Fire
This article considers the responsibility husbands are given to have unconditional love for their wives, as stated in Ephesians 5:25.
Ephesians 5:22-23 – One Flesh – The Profound Mystery
This article discusses Scripture's teaching on marriage in Ephesians 5:22-33.
Limited Atonement
This article offers a scriptural discussion on limited atonement, with due reflection on Paul's words in Ephesians 5:25-27.
A Radically New Humanity: The Function of the Haustafel in Ephesians
Ephesians is mainly concerned with the internal life of new Christian communities. Gombis focuses in his investigation on the function of the haustafel in Ephesians 5. Gombis argues that Paul is laying out a manifesto for the new humanity in the haustafel in 5:22-6:9.
Ephesians 5:33 – Let the Wife See She Respects Her Husband
What does Ephesians 5:33 mean in saying that the wife must respect her husband? This article explains that this text must be understood in the context of leadership and submission. It explains ways of showing respect.
Ephesians 5:18 – Filled with the Spirit
Ephesians 5:25 – Christ's Love for His Church
This article is an exposition of Ephesians 5:25, which speaks of the love of Christ for the church.
Ephesians 5:22-24 – Wives Submit to Their Husbands
This article is an exposition of Paul's word to wives in Ephesians 5:22-24.
Ephesians 5:22-24 – Wives and Their Husbands
This article is an exposition of Ephesians 5:22-24.
What Shall We Sing?
This article discusses congregational singing. It notes New Testament passages like Ephesians 5:18 and Colossians 3:16, and the Old Testament Psalms. Along the way, commentary is offered on modern songbooks and hymnody.
Marriage and the Family – Marriage and the Bible
Hermeneutics and Women in the Church
This paper contends that the determining factor in approaching and resolving questions pertaining to the role of women in the church is hermeneutics. Passages that deal with this topic are identified: 1 Timothy 2:8-15, 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, 1 Corinthians 14:34-36, Ephesians 5:22-33, Colossians 3:18-19, and 1 Peter 3:1-7.
Ephesians 5:22-6:9, God-Honouring Relationships
Ephesians 5:1-21, Walking in Love and Light
Managing Our Time
How do you spend your time? Working from Ephesians 5:15-17, this article shows that Christians have an obligation to manage their time wisely. The author provides practical time management tips.
The High Calling of Husbands to Love Their Wives (2)
The High Calling of Husbands to Love Their Wives (1)
Wifely Submission: Truly Liberating
For the family to be strong, both husband and wife must play their God-given role within the family. This article discusses the role of the wife by looking at Ephesians 5:22. The author looks at what it means to be submissive and gives ways in which wives can show submission.
Christ and His Church - A Bride From Eternity
This article on Ephesians 5:22-33 describes Christ's relationship to the church in terms of a marriage relationship. This marriage relationship can be understood in the context of Old Testament arranged marriages.
Ephesians 5:15-21 - Living Wisely
Ephesians 5:1-14 - Imitators of God
Ephesians 5:1-2 – Don’t Be Yourself
Redeeming the Time
Ephesians 5:21-32 – Headship and Submission
Marriage: a lifelong bond
This article is about marriage as a bond for life. The author also looks as marriage and remarriage. Scripture passages like 1 Corinthians 7:39, Ephesians 5:31-32 and Matthew 19:9 is also discussed.
Ephesians 5:32 - Marriage Is More Than It Appears
What Does It Mean to Be Filled with the Spirit? A Biblical Investigation
This essay begins with a survey of the Old Testament background to the New Testament teaching on what it means to be filled with the Spirit. It next offers a detailed study of all the references in the New Testament to a filling with the Holy Spirit or a person being full of the Spirit. Detailed attention is given to Ephesians 5:18 and the relevant passages in the book of Acts.
Ephesians 5:15-17 - Time Management
Ephesians 5:17-18 - Be Filled with the Spirit and Not with Spirits!
Fostering Wholeness in Family Life: Biblical Principles for Wholeness
How to Be Filled with the Spirit
What does it mean to be "filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18)? Paul says that those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit (Romans 8:5). And what are these things of the Spirit?
Ephesians 5:32 - The Mystery of Christ and the Church: Head and Body, “One Flesh”
Ephesians 5:22–33 is an important passage in debates on headship and submission in marriage. An important aspect of this passage that has not received the attention it deserves, however, is the reference to a “great mystery” (Ephesians 5:32). The term "mystery" occurs consistently throughout Ephesians. An understanding of Paul’s use of the term can help in the understanding of marriage according to Ephesians 5:22–33.