If so be that (ε γε). "If indeed." Condition of first class with aorist indicatives here, assumed to be true (ηκουσατε κα εδιδαχθη…

If indeed you have heard him. This means you have listened attentively to his instructions and learned the true nature of his religion. Th…

If so be that.—The word is the same that is used in Ephesians 3:2, Colossians 1:23, indicating no real doubt, but only …

Have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ; if indeed you have h…

Paul now adds a note of certainty. In the preaching of the word Christ himself was present (2:17), and so those who heard were introduced to him an…

If ye have heard him. To further excite their attention and earnestness, he not only tells them that they had heard Christ, but e…

If so be that you have heard him
Not heard him preach, but heard him preached; and that not merely externally, with …

The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus that having profe ed the gospel, they should not be like the u…