Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Ephesians 4:20

"But ye did not so learn Christ;" — Ephesians 4:20 (ASV)

“You” stands in contrast to the insensitive, passion-dominated pagans who exist only to satisfy their lower nature. That was not how the Gentile converts in Ephesus came to “know Christ” for themselves. The expression implies more than receiving catechetical instruction; it means to learn in such a way as to become a devotee or disciple. It was Christ they thus came to know—God’s anointed Son, no longer the prerogative of the Jews but shared by the Gentiles.