Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ephesians 5:1
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1. therefore —seeing that "God in Christ forgave you" ( :- ). followers — Greek, "imitators" of God, in respect to "love" ( :- ): God's essential character ( :- ). as dear children — Greek, "as children beloved "; to which :- refers, "As Christ also loved us" ( :- ). "We are sons of men, when we do ill; sons of God, when we do well" [AUGUSTINE, on Psalm 52]; (compare Matthew 5:44 ; Matthew 5:45 ; Matthew 5:48 ). Sonship infers an absolute necessity of imitation, it being vain to assume the title of son without any similitude of the Father [PEARSON]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"
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