Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ephesians 5:11
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11. unfruitful works of darkness —Sins are terminated in themselves, and therefore are called "works," not "fruits" ( Galatians 5:19 ; Galatians 5:22 ). Their only fruit is that which is not in a true sense fruit ( Galatians 5:22- : ), namely, "death" ( Romans 6:21 ; Galatians 6:8 ). Plants cannot bear "fruit" in the absence of light. Sin is "darkness," and its parent is the prince of darkness ( Galatians 6:8- : ). Graces, on the other hand, as flourishing in "the light," are reproductive, and abound in fruits; which, as harmoniously combining in one whole, are termed (in the singular) "the FRUIT of the Spirit" ( Ephesians 5:9 ). rather, c.—Translate as Greek, "rather even reprove them" (compare Ephesians 5:9- : ). Not only "have no fellowship, but even reprove them," namely, in words, and in your deeds, which, shining with "the light," virtually reprove all that is contrary to light ( Ephesians 5:13 John 3:19-21 ). "Have no fellowship," does not imply that we can avoid all intercourse ( 1 Corinthians 5:10 ), but "avoid such fellowship as will defile yourselves"; just as light, though it touch filth, is not soiled by it; nay, as light detects it, so, "even reprove sin." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"
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