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Ordinary Time · Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B

Ephesians 5:15-20

Living as Children of Light

August 15, 2027

Angel Musicians, Gaudenzio Ferrari
Angel Musicians, Gaudenzio Ferrari, c. 1535Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
A cupola at Saronno crowded with angels playing more than fifty different instruments, painted so accurately that it is used as evidence for how Renaissance instruments were held.Praise him with trumpet, lute and harp: the psalm lists instruments, and Ferrari answers with every one he could find.Gaudenzio FerrariA painter and sculptor of Lombardy (c. 1471-1546), who worked on the great pilgrimage sites of the Alpine foothills and is valued now as much by musicologists as by art historians.Santa Maria dei Miracoli, SaronnoA pilgrimage sanctuary north of Milan, whose domes were frescoed by Gaudenzio Ferrari and Bernardino Luini.Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:51-58Jn 6:51-58
Second ReadingEph. 5:15-20Eph 5:15-20
First ReadingProv. 9:1-6Prv 9:1-6
Responsorial PsalmPs. 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

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 5:15-20Commentary on Eph 5:15-20 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of walking wisely and being filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5: Walking in Love, Light, and WisdomEph 5: Walking in Love, Light, and Wis Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the whole chapter.

Ephesians 5:15-16 CommentaryEph 5:15-16 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of word studies and cross references on walking carefully and wisely.

Ephesians 5:15 CommentariesEph 5:15 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on walking as wise in one place.

Barnes' Notes on Ephesians 5Barnes' Notes on Eph 5 StudyLight

Albert Barnes' notes on the whole chapter of Ephesians 5.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B): Readings Agape Bible Study

A Catholic reading study that opens Paul's call to live wisely and be filled with the Spirit.

Background & Word Study

Ephesians 5:15 Greek InterlinearEph 5:15 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for walking as wise.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Ephesians 5Catena on Eph 5 Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on walking wisely and being filled with the Spirit.

Questions preachers ask

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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