Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
EXHORTATIONS TO LOVE: AND AGAINST CARNAL LUSTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. CIRCUMSPECTION IN WALK: REDEEMING THE TIME: BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT: SINGING TO THE LORD WITH THANKFULNESS: THE WIFE'S DUTY TO THE HUSBAND RESTS ON THAT OF THE CHURCH TO CHRIST. (Eph. 5:1-33)
therefore—seeing that "God in Christ forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32).
followers—Greek, "imitators" of God, in respect to "love" (Ephesians 5:2): God's essential character (I John 4:16).
as dear children—Greek, "as children beloved"; to which Ephesians 5:2 refers, "As Christ also loved us" (I John 4:19). "We are sons of men, when we do ill; sons of God, when we do well" [AUGUSTINE, on Psalm 52]; (compare Matthew 5:44-45, Matthew 5:48). Sonship infers an absolute necessity of imitation, it being vain to assume the title of son without any similitude of the Father [PEARSON].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ephesians 5:1:
Matthew 5:45
Ephesians 4:1
Philippians 3:17
Hebrews 6:12
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