Efésios 4
Kenneth Wuest · Citado em PreceptAustin
Efésios 4:29
Wuest: Every word that is rotten and unfit for use, out of your mouth let it not be proceeding, but whatever is good, suitable for edification with respect to the need, in order that it may impart grace to the hearers. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) Young's Literal: Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers. LET NO UNWHOLESOME WORD PROCEED FROM YOUR MOUTH: pas logos sapros ek tou stomatos humon me ekporeuestho, (3SPMM): Let no unwholesome word - Ep 5:3,4; Ps 5:9; 52:2; 73:7-9; Mt 12:34-37; Ro 3:13,14; 1Co 15:32,33; Col 3:8,9; 4:6; Jas 3:2-8; 2Pe 2:18; Jude 1:13-16; Re 13:5,6 Ephesians 4 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Ephesians 4:17-32 Solving Conflicts - Steven Cole Ephesians 4:28-32 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:28-29: A Brand New Way of Life - 4 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:17-5:14 Study Guide (see dropdown menu) - John MacArthur Related Passages: Proverbs 10:19 When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Romans 3:13 “THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,” “THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS”; Ephesians 5:3-4+ (INCLUDES FOUL LANGUAGE) But do not let immorality or any impurity or greed even be named (present imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. Colossians 4:5,6+ In a parallel passage Paul writes "Conduct (present imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of (redeeming = exagorazo) the opportunity (kairos = a defined period of time which when it is past is gone forever). Let your speech always be with grace (winsomeness, a quality that adds delight or pleasure, graciousness, attractiveness, charm, kindness, helpfulness), as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. James 3:2-8+ For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. 3 Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well. 4 Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. 8But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. WATCH OUT FOR STINKING WORDS! Halitosis is the condition of chronic bad breath. That's obviously off putting for most people. But Paul describes a worse "smell" coming from an open mouth that releases stinking, rotten words! This is the frequent practice of the man living with the old garment of Adam (Eph 4:17-19, Eph 5:3-4). While not all unregenerate men will speak as if they lived in a sewer, all unsaved men are depraved and have the potential to stoop to that level if sufficiently provoked. Of course, sadly believers can also let fly with some inflaming invectives, vicious vituperations, but, praise God, because of the new garment of Christ, and by His Spirit, such rotten garments can be flung far away from us! Remember that God's commandments always include God's enablements! Steven
Efésios 4:30
Wuest: And stop grieving the Spirit, the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed with a view to the day of redemption. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) Young's Literal: And beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption. DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD: kai me lupeite (2PPAM) to pneuma to hagion tou theou: do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God - Genesis 6:3,6; Judges 10:16; Psalms 78:40; 95:10; Isaiah 7:13; 43:24; 63:10; Ezekiel 16:43; Mark 3:5; Acts 7:51; 1Th 5:19+; He 3:10,17 Ephesians 4 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Ephesians 4:17-32 Solving Conflicts - Steven Cole Ephesians 4:28-32 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:28-29: A Brand New Way of Life - 4 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:17-5:14 Study Guide (see dropdown menu) - John MacArthur Related Passages: Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled And grieved His Holy Spirit; Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy, He fought against them. Psalm 78:40 How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert! 1Th 5:19+ Do not quench (present imperative with a negative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) the Spirit; 1 John 4:7+ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Romans 15:30+ Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me Matthew 26:37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved (SAME WORD AS GRIEVING THE SPIRIT) and distressed. DON'T CUT OFF THE FLOW OF YOUR SUPERNATURAL POWER! This passage provides powerful motivation for saints to put off the garments of the old man and put on the garments of the New Man in Christ. Do not grieve (lupeo) the Holy (hagios) Spirit (pneuma) of God - Note that the first word in the Greek is "kai" (and) which unfortunately is not translated by the usually relatively literal NASB95 edition or the 2020 revision (but it was translated in the NAS77 edition!) And in this context is important because it clearly links the grieving of the Holy Spirit with Eph 4:29 regarding unwholesome speech. In short, the implication is that "rotten" speech will grieve the Holy Spirit. Of course this verse may also be linked to Ep 4:25-28 to indicate that lying, unrighteous anger, and stealing also hurt Him. And finally it is also related to the sins that follow in Eph 4:31, all of which grieve the Holy Spirit. In a more general sense this is an exhortation to abstain from anything and everything (aka "sin!") that grieves the Holy Spirit. Our sin grieves the Holy Spirit because He is holy. In short, Paul is appealing to the saints to practice their position because of a Person! In other words, they (we) should be motivated not to sin, because when we do, we hurt the One Who loves us! And when we grieve Him, clearly this disturbs our fellowship with Him, a fellowship which Paul described in 2Co 13:14+ "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship (koinonia) of the Holy Spirit, be with you all." (See Cole's list of some of the consequences we will suffer if we grieve the Holy Spirit). Finally, notice His Name is not just the Spirit nor the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit of God, (almost like a double reference, for the Holy Spirit is God) which adds even more import to our seeking to never grieve Him. Paul uses the present imperative with a negative particle (in Greek "me") saying in essence "Stop grieving the Spirit" (or "Don't start grieving the Spirit"), which conveys the implication that some may have been grieving Him. A T
Efésios 4:31
Wuest: All manner of harshness and violent outbreaks of wrath and anger and brawling and slanderous speech, let it be put away from you together with all manner of malice. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) Young's Literal: Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you—and also every kind of malice. LET ALL BITTERNESS AND WRATH AND ANGER AND CLAMOR AND SLANDER BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU: pasa pikria kai thumos kai orge kai krauge kai blasphemia artheto (3SAPM) aph' humon: Let all bitterness .Ps 64:3; Ro 3:14; Col 3:8,19; Jas 3:14,15 and wrath and anger Ep 4:26; Pr 14:17; 19:12; Eccl 7:9; 2Co 12:20; Gal 5:20; Col 3:8; 2Ti 2:23; Titus 1:7; Jas 1:19; 3:14, 15, 16, 17, 18; 4:1,2 and clamor 2Sa 19:43; 20:1,2; Pr 29:9,22; Acts 19:28,29; 21:30; 22:22,23; 1Ti 3:3; 1Ti 6:4,5 and slander be put away from you, Lv 19:16; 2Sa 19:27; Ps 15:3; 50:20; 101:5; 140:11; Pr 6:19; 10:18; Pr 18:8; 25:23; 26:20; Je 6:28; 9:4; Ro 1:29,30; 1Ti 3:11; 5:13; 2Ti 3:3; Titus 2:3; 3:2; Jas 4:11; 1Pe 2:1; 2Pe 2:10,11; Jude 1:8, 9, 10; Re 12:10 Ephesians 4 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Ephesians 4:17-32 Solving Conflicts - Steven Cole Ephesians 4:28-32 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:28-29: A Brand New Way of Life - 4 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:25–32 Principles of New Life - John MacArthur Ephesians 4:17-5:14 Study Guide (see dropdown menu) - John MacArthur NEW GRACE CLOTHES FOR OLD GRAVE CLOTHES The Greek word for bitterness is pikra which gives us our English term picric acid which is "an organic compound with the formula (O2N)3C6H2OH. Its IUPAC name is 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP). The name "picric" comes from the Greek word πικρός (pikros), meaning "bitter", due to its bitter taste. It is one of the most acidic phenols. Like other strongly nitrated organic compounds, picric acid is an explosive, which is its primary use." Isn't that interesting! Even as the chemical picric acid is an explosive which destroys things, so too is human pikra which destroys relationships (and unity in the body - contra Eph 4:3+) and even destroys the "container" that dispenses this acidic attitude! It follows that it is personally dangerous to let bitterness fester into a destructive force! If you have resentment, don't cover it up, but confess it "upward" to God, because "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion." (Pr 28:13+) Let all bitterness (pikra) and wrath (see thumos) and anger (see orge cf use in Ep 4:26+) and clamor (see krauge) and slander (see blasphemia) be put away (see below on airo)(Greek adds preposition apo to emphasize the putting is to be very far away from!) - Note all (pas) means all without exception (do you need to do a little "temple" cleaning? see Ps 139:23,24). All of these are in some way related to forms of anger. Note how the vice list begins with "inner" sin an proceeds to outer manifestations. Notice also how "all" is used like a "spiritual bookend" at the beginning and the end of this exhortation to put away “all sorts of, every kind of, every form of" these noxious ethical elements from our daily conduct (all 6 of these "poisonous" weeds!). So why put bitterness all away? We need to be very careful not to nurse a grudge for it can grow into a root of bitterness. Even a "little" bitterness is like leaven and it spreads and defiles (Heb 12:15+). Put away (enabled by the Spirit, Who is grieved by this sin) that old rotten garment of bitterness which is that spirit of resentment that refuses to be reconciled. Put away the "grave clothes" (Eph 4:22+ Col 3:9+) and put on the "grace clothes" (Eph 4:24+, Col 3:8+, Col 3:9+, Col 3:12+) These dirty clothes must be discarded because they grieve the Spirit (Eph 4:30+) and disturb the unity of the Spirit (Eph 4:3+).
Efésios 4:32
Wuest: And be becoming kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other even as and just as also God in Christ forgave you. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) Young's Literal: On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you. BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER: ginesthe (2PPMM) [de] eis allelous chrestoi: Be kind to one another - Ruth 2:20; Ps 112:4,5,9; Pr 19:22; Isa 57:1; Luke 6:35; Acts 28:2; Ro 12:10; 1Co 13:4; 2Co 2:10; 6:6; Col 3:12,13; 2Pe 1:7 Ephesians 4 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Ephesians 4:17-32 Solving Conflicts - Steven Cole Ephesians 4:28-32 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:28-29: A Brand New Way of Life - 4 - Wayne Barber Ephesians 4:25–32 Principles of New Life - John MacArthur Ephesians 4:17-5:14 Study Guide (see dropdown menu) - John MacArthur Related Passages: Colossians 3:12+ So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on (aorist imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) a heart of compassion, kindness (chrestotes), humility, gentleness and patience; FROM NATURAL VICES TO SUPERNATURAL VIRTUES John MacArthur aptly entitled this passage "from natural vices to supernatural virtues". Paul has just described the filthy garment that needed to discarded and now describes the garment every new man in Christ should be wearing. Be kind (chrestos) to one another - Be (ginomai) means to bring into existence or to become. This is an interesting picture - bringing kindness to one another into existence! Hoehner renders it "But become kind to one another." What must it have been like before the gospel! Salmond says that the idea of the verb be (ginomai) "is that they had to abandon one mental condition and make their way, beginning there and then, into its opposite." (Ephesians 5 Commentary) The present imperative calls for this to now be their new lifestyle (see need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey)! Keep on becoming kind, etc. The middle voice calls for the subject to initiate the action and participate in the results or effects thereof. The idea is keep on becoming. Paul is not calling for an "arrival" in this life but for a lifelong process, a journey toward greater and greater Christ-like behavior. John