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Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
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Imitate God's Forgiveness
Commentators stress that this command is not given in a vacuum. The word 'therefore' directly links it to the end of chapter 4, which calls believers to forgive others just as God has forgiven them. The primary way we are to imitate God, according to this passage, is by showing the same kind of love, mercy, and pardoning grace that He has shown to us.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ephesians Chapter 5
This chapter is a continuation of the practical exhortations begun in chapter 4. It comprises the following points or su…
Imitators of God (μιμητα του θεου). This old word from μιμεομα Paul boldly uses. If we are to be like God, we must imitate him.
19th Century
Anglican
In Ephesians 4:31-5:2, he deals with malignity, as utterly unworthy of the love of God manifested to us in Jesus Christ.
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Baptist
Be you therefore followers of God,
Or, imitators of God.
As dear children
Children are naturally imitators. Th…
The apostle carries these injunctions over from the previous chapter and closes this section on Christian behavior patterns at v.2. “Be” (“become”)…
16th Century
Protestant
Be you therefore followers. The same principle is pursued and reinforced by the consideration that children ought to be like their father.…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Be you therefore followers of God Not in his works of infinite wisdom and almighty power, which is impossible; but i…
Because God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you, therefore be followers of God, imitators of God. Resemble him especially in his love and pardonin…
