Time after Pentecost · Proper 14 · Year B
Ephesians 4:17-5:2
Living as Children of Light
August 8, 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
Ephesians 4 - Walking Worthy of the Calling Enduring Word · David Guzik
A verse-by-verse study of putting off the old self and putting on the new.
Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary on imitating God as beloved children, overlapping the appointed verses.
Ephesians 4:17-19 Commentary Precept Austin
An inductive study page with word studies on the old way of life Paul tells them to leave.
Ephesians 4:17 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on the call to a renewed mind.
Ephesians 4:17 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight
A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a fifth voice on the passage.
Background & Word Study
Ephesians 4:17 Interlinear BibleHub
The Greek of the exhortation word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.
Enter the Bible: Ephesians Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's book introduction to Ephesians for the shape of Paul's ethical appeal.
Ephesians Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of the letter that frames the turn from doctrine to new life in chapters 4 and 5.
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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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