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From Taker to Giver
The verse presents a radical transformation. A person who once took from others is now called to work not just for their own needs, but for the higher purpose of giving to those in need. Commentators like Charles Spurgeon call this a 'marvelous change,' highlighting how God's grace completely reorients a person's life from selfishness to generosity. The goal of work is elevated from mere self-support to active charity.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 4:28
18th Century
Theologian
Let him that stole steal no more. Theft, like lying, was, and is, almost a universal vice among the heathen. The practice of pilfering pre…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 4:28
Steal no more (μηκετ κλεπτετω). Clearly here, cease stealing (present active imperative with μηκετ).
The thing that…
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 4:28
19th Century
Bishop
Let him that stole steal no more. . . . (properly, the stealer)—In this verse St. Paul treats dishonesty, virtually, although les…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 4:28
19th Century
Preacher
Working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Observe that our trade must be a righ…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 4:28
In this warning against breaking the commandment against theft, Paul is thinking of some convert who had been in the habit of stealing before he be…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 4:28
16th Century
Theologian
Let him that stole steal no more. This includes not merely the grosser thefts which are punished by human laws, but also those of a more c…
John Gill
On Ephesians 4:28
17th Century
Pastor
Let him that stole steal no more
Stealing, or theft, is a fraudulent taking away of another man's goods, without the…
Matthew Henry
On Ephesians 4:25–28
17th Century
Minister
Notice the specific ways in which we should adorn our Christian profession. Beware of everything contrary to truth. No longer flatter or deceive ot…