Bible Commentaries

Romans 16:1-2 — I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: That you receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many,

Ephesians 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. For we are his workmanship: We are God’s "workmanship," or that which God has made (Thayer 527). "Therefore

Ephesians 2:3 — Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. Among whom also we all had our conversation in times

Ephesians 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Even when we were dead in sins: God loved us even while we were dead in sin (2:1). It was "while we were yet sinners" that God chose to demonstrate

Ephesians 3:10 — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, The New International Version best arranges the syntax of this verse in keeping with the way we currently speak: "His

Ephesians 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you: Because Paul’s faith has led him to be a "prisoner" of the Lord (see

Ephesians 4:11 — And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; And he gave: Christ is the giver of the gifts. Jesus was the administrator of the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; John 15:26),

Ephesians 4:13 — Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith: "Till" (Strong 3360) means until

Ephesians 4:14 — That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; That we henceforth be no more children: The spiritually gifted

Ephesians 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; And be not drunk with wine: Getting drunk is a foolish waste of time. To be "drunk" (Strong 3182) is to be intoxicated. Webster defines one as intoxicated when physical

Ephesians 5:26 — That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, When Christ gave Himself for His church, His bride, He accomplished three objectives. These are declared in three "in order that" (Strong 2443) clauses in the Greek

James 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. James now begins to describe the second type of wisdom, the one that is to be