INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history recorded in the Word of God and in any ancient records from many, which records support it, plus archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God, written and preserved for us in our own language, is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

Introduction/Start of study

Ephesians Chapter 5

(Ephesians 5:1)
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
DEAR, a.
  1. Scarce; not plentiful.
  2. Bearing a high price in comparison of the usual price; more costly than usual; of a higher price than the customary one. Wheat is dear at a dollar a bushel, when the usual price is seventy five cents. This is the effect of scarcity and demand.
  3. Of a high value in estimation; greatly valued; beloved; precious.
    And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Be ye followers of God, as dear children. Ephesians 5:1
DEAR, a. Hurtful; grievous; hateful.
DEAR, v.t. To make dear.
DEAR, n. A darling; a word denoting tender affection or endearment; as, my dear.

(Ephesians 5:2)
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
(Ephesians 5:3)
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
(Ephesians 5:4)
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
CONVENIENT, a. Fit; suitable; proper; adapted to use or to wants; commodious; followed by to or for; usually by for.
Some arts are peculiarly convenient to particular nations.
Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov 30.

(Ephesians 5:5)
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
WHOREMONGER/WHOREMASTER, n. [supra.] One who practices lewdness.

(Ephesians 5:6)
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

(Matthew 12:36)
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

VAIN, a. [L. vanus; Eng. wan, wane, want.]
  1. Empty; worthless; having no substance, value or importance. 1 Pet 1.
    To your vain answer will you have recourse
    Every man walketh in a vain show. Psa 39. Why do the people imagine a vain thing? Psa 2.    .
  2. Fruitless; ineffectual. All attempts, all efforts were vain.
    Vain is the force of man    .
  3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; elated with a high opinion of one's own accomplishments, or with things more showy than valuable; conceited.
    The minstrels play'd on every side, vain of their art -
  4. Empty; unreal; as a vain chimers.
  5. Showy; ostentatious.
    Load some vain church with old theatric state.
  6. Light; inconstant; worthless. Prov 12.
  7. Empty; unsatisfying. The pleasures of life are vain.
  8. False; deceitful; not genuine; spurious. James 1.
  9. Not effectual; having no efficacy
    Bring no more vain oblations. Isa 1.
    In vain, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectual.
    In vain they do worship me. Mat 15.
    To take the name of God in vain, to use the name of God with levity or profaneness    .

(Ephesians 5:7)
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
(Ephesians 5:8)
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(Ephesians 5:9)
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
(Ephesians 5:10)
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Acceptable

(Leviticus 22:20)
But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

(Deuteronomy 33:24)
¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

(Psalms 19:14)
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

(Psalms 69:13)
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

(Proverbs 10:32)
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

(Proverbs 21:3)
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

(Ecclesiastes 12:10)
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

(Isaiah 49:8)
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

(Isaiah 58:5)
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

(Isaiah 61:2)
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

(Jeremiah 6:20)
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

(Daniel 4:27)
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

(Luke 4:19)
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

(Romans 12:1)
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

(Romans 12:2)
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

(Romans 14:18)
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

(Romans 15:16)
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

(Ephesians 5:10)
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

(Philippians 4:18)
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

(1 Timothy 2:3)
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

(1 Timothy 5:4)
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

(1 Peter 2:5)
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

(1 Peter 2:20)
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

(1 Timothy 2:3)
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

(Ephesians 5:11)
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

FEL'LOWSHIP, n.

  1. Companionship; society; consort; mutual association of persons on equal and friendly terms; familiar intercourse.
    Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Eph 5. Men are made for society and mutual fellowship.
  2. Association; confederacy; combination.
    Most of the other christian princes were drawn into the fellowship of that war. [Unusual.]
  3. Partnership; joint interest; as fellowship in pain.
  4. Company; a state of being together.
    The great contention of the sea and skies parted our fellowship.
  5. Frequency of intercourse. In a great town friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhoods.
  6. Fitness and fondness for festive entertainments; with good prefixed.
    He had by his good fellowship - made himself popular, with all the officers of the army.
  7. Communion; intimate familiarity. 1 John 1.
  8. In arithmetic, the rule of proportions, by which the accounts of partners in business are adjusted, so that each partner may have a share of gain or sustain a share of loss, in proportion to his part of the stock.
  9. An establishment in colleges, for the maintenance of a fellow.

(Ephesians 5:12)
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
(Ephesians 5:13)
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
(Ephesians 5:14)
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
(Ephesians 5:15)
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
(Ephesians 5:16)
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
REDEE'M, v.t. [L. redimo; red, re, and emo, to obtain or purchase.]
  1. To purchase back; to ransom; to liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying an equivalent; as, to redeem prisoners or captured goods; to redeem a pledge.
  2. To repurchase what has been sold; to regain possession of a thing alienated, by repaying the value of it to the possessor. If a man [shall] sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev 25.
  3. To rescue; to recover; to deliver from.
    Th' Almighty from the grave hath me redeem'd.
    Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Psa 25. Deu 7.
    The mass of earth not yet redeemed from chaos.
  4. To compensate; to make amends for.
    It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows.
    By lesser ills the greater to redeem    .
  5. To free by making atonement.
    Thou hast one daughter who redeems nature from the general curse.
  6. To pay the penalty of.
    Which of you will be mortal to redeem man's mortal crime?
  7. To save.
    He could not have redeemed a portion of his time for contemplating the powers of nature.
  8. To perform what has been promised; to make good by performance.
    He has redeemed his pledge or promise.
  9. In law, to recall an estate, or to obtain the right to re-enter upon a mortgaged estate by paying to the mortgagee his principal, interest, and expenses or costs.
  10. In theology, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law, by obedience and suffering in the place of the sinner, or by doing and suffering that which is accepted in lieu of the sinner's obedience.
    Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal 3. Titus 2.
  11. In commerce, to purchase or pay the value in specie, of any promissory note, bill or other evidence of debt, given by the state, by a company or corporation, or by an individual. The credit of a state, a banking company or individuals, is good when they can redeem all their stock, notes or bills, at par. To redeem time, is to use more diligence in the improvement of it; to be diligent and active in duty and preparation. Eph 5.
(Ephesians 5:17)
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
(Proverbs 16:9)
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

(Ephesians 5:18)
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
(Ephesians 5:19)
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
(Ephesians 5:20)
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
(Ephesians 5:21)
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
(Ephesians 5:22)
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
SUBMIT', v.t. [L. submitto; sub, under, and mitto, to send.]
  1. To let down; to cause to sink or lower.
    Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
    [This use of the word is nearly or wholly obsolete.]
  2. To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another; with the reciprocal pronoun.
    Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hand. Gen 16.
    Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands. Eph 5.
    Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man. 1 Pet 2.
  3. To refer; to leave or commit to the discretion of judgment of another; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court.
SUBMIT', v.i. To surrender; to yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance. The enemy submitted. The revolted provinces presently submitted.
  1. To yield one's opinion to the opinion or authority of another. On hearing the opinion of the court, the counsel submitted without further argument.
  2. To be subject; to acquiesce in the authority of another.
    To thy husband's will
    Thine shall submit--
  3. To be submissive; to yield without murmuring.
    Our religion requires us--to submit to pain, disgrace and even death.

(Ephesians 5:23-24)
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
SUBJECT, a.
  1. Placed or situate under.
    --The eastern tower whose height commands, as subject, all the vale, to see the fight.
  2. Being under the power and dominion of another; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
    Esau was never subject to Jacob.
  3. Exposed; liable from extraneous causes; as a country subject to extreme heat or cold.
  4. Liable from inherent causes; prone; disposed.
    All human things are subject to decay.
  5. Being that on which nay thing operates, whether intellectual or material; as the subject-matter of a discourse.
  6. Obedient. Titus 3. Col 2.
SUBJECT, v.t.
  1. To bring under the power or dominion of. Alexander subjected a great part of the civilized world to his dominion. Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason--
  2. To put under or within the power of.
    In one short view subjected to our eye, gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties lie.
  3. To enslave; to make obnoxious.
    He is the most subjected, the most enslaved, who is so in his understanding.
  4. To expose; to make liable. Credulity subjects a person to impositions.
  5. To submit; to make accountable.
    God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts--
  6. To make subservient.
    --Subjected to his service angel wings.
  7. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject it to a rigid test.
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Wives, Scripture and Submission

(Genesis 2:18)
¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

(Genesis 2:23-24)
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

(Genesis 3:2-3)
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

(Genesis 3:16)
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

(1 Timothy 2:14)
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Peter's Contribution:

(1 Peter 3:1-6)
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

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(Ephesians 5:25)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
(Ephesians 5:26)
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
(Ephesians 5:27)
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
(Ephesians 5:28)
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
(Ephesians 5:29)
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
(Ephesians 5:30)
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

The Members of the Body of Christ

(1 Corinthians 12:12-27)
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

(Ephesians 5:31)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
(Ephesians 5:32)
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
(Ephesians 5:33)
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
REV'ERENCE, n. [L. reverentia.]
  1. Fear mingled with respect and esteem; veneration. When quarrels and factions are carried openly, it is a sign that the reverence of government is lost. The fear acceptable to God, is a filial fear, an awful reverence of the divine nature, proceeding from a just esteem of his perfections, which produces in us an inclination to his service and an unwillingness to offend him. Reverence is nearly equivalent to veneration, but expresses something less of the same emotion. It differs from awe, which is an emotion compounded of fear, dread or terror, with admiration of something great, but not necessarily implying love or affection. We feel reverence for a parent, and for an upright magistrate, but we stand in awe of a tyrant. This distinction may not always be observed.
  2. An act of respect or obeisance; a bow or courtesy. 2 Sam 9.
  3. A title of the clergy.
  4. A poetical title of a father.
  1. REV'ERENCE, v.t. To regard with reverence; to regard with fear mingled with respect and affection. We reverence superiors for their age, their authority and their virtues. We ought to reverence parents and upright judges and magistrates. We ought to reverence the Supreme Being, his word and his ordinances. Those that I reverence, those I fear, the wise.
    They will reverence my son.     Mat 21.
    Let the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph 5.
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