Lenten Season · Fourth Sunday of Lent · Year B
If Second Scrutiny of the Elect: Ephesians 5:8-14
Living as Children of Light
March 7, 2027
Overview & Insights
“Put off your old self… and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God.” (Ephesians 4:22–24)
The Old and the New Life Up to this point in the epistle there have been only occasional references to the ethical life of the Christian (2:10; 4:1–3, 15). In 4:1 it appeared that the apostle was preparing a lengthy description of the new life in Christ, but this led, instead, into a further exposition of the unifying elements of the church (4:4–16).
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Commentary
Commentary on Ephesians 5:8-14 Working Preacher
Lectionary commentary on living as children of light who expose the works of darkness.
Ephesians 5:8-14 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on Paul's call to expose deeds of darkness.
Ephesians 5:7-8 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse study notes on walking as children of light.
Commentary on Ephesians 5:8-14 workingpreacher.org
The one Lutheran voice on walking as children of light.
Ephesians 5 (Haydock Commentary) haydockcommentary.com
Catholic Haydock notes on the same chapter.
Ephesians 5 Commentary: Walking in Love and Light enduringword.com
Full evangelical commentary on the chapter.
Background & Word Study
Commentary on Ephesians 5 by Matthew Henry Blue Letter Bible
Classic exposition for background reading on the chapter.
Ephesians 5:8 parallel commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated interlinear and commentary tools for word-level study of the verse.
Ephesians 5:8 Interlinear biblehub.com
Greek text and parsing for the light-versus-darkness verse.
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What is the new self?
Paul calls believers to be renewed in the spirit of their minds, putting away falsehood, anger, and theft, and putting on the new self created in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:22–28).
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