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Time after Pentecost · Proper 15 · Year B

Ephesians 5:6-21

Living as Children of Light

August 15, 2027

Christ Surrounded by Musician Angels, Hans Memling
Christ Surrounded by Musician Angels, Hans Memling, c. 1480Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
A wide panel of angels playing, every instrument of the fifteenth century drawn accurately enough to be built from.Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart.Hans MemlingMemling, whose organ shutters at Najera are the best record we have of how that music was played.Royal Museum of Fine Arts, AntwerpThe Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:51-69Jn 6:51-69
EpistleEph. 5:6-21Eph 5:6-21
Old TestamentProv. 9:1-10Prv 9:1-10Alt. OTJosh. 24:1-2a, 14-18Jos 24:1-2a, 14-18
PsalterPs. 34:12-22Ps 34:12-22

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 5 - Walking in Love and LightEph 5 - Walking in Love and Light Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse study of the call to walk as children of light and be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:15-20 CommentaryEph 5:15-20 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching commentary on walking wisely and being filled with the Spirit, within the appointed verses.

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

The Lutheran home voice on redeeming the time by a named seminary scholar, covering part of the reading.

Ephesians 5:5-6 CommentaryEph 5:5-6 Commentary Precept Austin

An inductive study page with word studies on the empty words that open the passage.

Ephesians 5:6 CommentariesEph 5:6 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on light, darkness, and Spirit-filled worship.

Background & Word Study

Ephesians 5:6 InterlinearEph 5:6 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 light and darkness ethics of chapter 5.

The Church Fathers

Ephesians 5 (Catena)Eph 5 (Catena) Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on living in the light and singing to the Lord.

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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