But now you also put off all these. All these that follow, as they are also inconsistent with the Christian calling.

Anger, wra…

Anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy (slander—see Ephesians 4:31 and Notes there), filthy communication.—The…

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glor…

Whereas the sins of v.5 had to do with impurity and covetousness, the catalog of v.8 concerns sins of attitude and speech. “But now” marks an empha…

But now—that is, after having ceased to live in the flesh. For the power and nature of mortification are such, that all …

But now you also put off all these
Intimating, that now since they were converted and delivered out of the former st…

It is our duty to mortify our members that incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin that spre…

Above, the Apostle warned the faithful about sins of the flesh; here he warns them about spiritual sins. First, he lays down a general admonition, …