Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 6
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Ephesians 6
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Ephesians 6
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This author has written multiple commentaries over their lifetime on this chapter. We have grouped their commentaries for easier reading."Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right." — Ephesians 6:1 (ASV)
Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God.
"Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord." — Ephesians 6:2-4 (ASV)
For the duties are like birds with two wings, or like a pair of scales, balance for each side. There is the child's duty, but there is the parent's duty too.
"Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men: knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him." — Ephesians 6:5-9 (ASV)
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the saint shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
And, ye masters, do the same things unto them. Mind that.
We may hear a good deal about the duties of servants.
Let us hear something about our duties of masters and mistresses. Ye masters, do the same things unto them.
"And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him." — Ephesians 6:9 (ASV)
Forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Very beautifully balanced is the whole system of gospel morals.
There is no undue advantage given by the fact of our being rendered equal in Christ, so that the servant is to be less obedient to the master, or the child to the parent.
Neither is there any undue power given to those who are in authority.
But the grace of God teaches all to do unto all as we would that they should do unto us.
"Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might." — Ephesians 6:10 (ASV)
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Everything depends upon that. Whether you are called upon to work, or to wait, or to watch, or to suffer, you need to be strong. If you are not yourself strong, the very armor that you wear will be a burden to you. It is of the utmost importance that Christians should be as strong in grace as they can possibly be. And the power that is to be in them is to be the power of God: the power of his might. What a wonderful power that is!
The power of flesh is weakness, and the power of man is fading, but the power of God is almighty and unchangeable; and if we can be girded with this power, there is scarcely any limit to what we may successfully attempt.
"Finally," – as if this were a matter of the highest importance, to be considered first and last – Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.
You know how strong Paul himself was; he was a veritable giant for Christ. And he here calls upon his brothers to be as he was. He did not want to be brother to dwarfs, so he appealed to his brothers to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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