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Time after Pentecost · Proper 14 · Year B

Ephesians 4:17-5:2

Living as Children of Light

August 8, 2027

Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Domenico Fetti
Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Domenico Fetti, c. 1620Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
One man with his hands round the other’s throat over a debt, moments after his own was cancelled.Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.Domenico FettiFetti, who painted the parables small, as single violent gestures.Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, DresdenThe Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:35-51Jn 6:35-51
EpistleEph. 4:17-5:2Eph 4:17-5:2
Old Testament1 Kings 19:1-81 Kgs 19:1-8
PsalterPs. 34:1-8Ps 34:1-8

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 CallingEph 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 CommentaryEph 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 CommentaryEph 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 CommentariesEph 4:17 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on the call to a renewed mind.

Ephesians 4:17 Verse-by-Verse CommentaryEph 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 InterlinearEph 4:17 Interlinear BibleHub

The Greek of the exhortation word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

Ephesians OverviewEph Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of the letter that frames the turn from doctrine to new life in chapters 4 and 5.

The Church Fathers

Ephesians 4 (Catena)Eph 4 (Catena) Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on putting away the old nature and living in love.

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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