EPHES. V.

A. D. 64.

Ga. 1.4.

1Jno.3.16.

a sacrifice to God d Gen. 8. 21. ford for a sweet-Ro. 6. 13. smelling savour. f 1 Co. 5. 1. 3 But fornication,g Ma. 12. 35. and all uncleanness, h Ro. 1. 28. or covetousness, flet i Ga. 5. 19. it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 48 Neither filthi

ness, nor foolish talk.

22 p Wives, submit u Col. 3. 20. yourselves unto your Tit. 2. 9. own husbands, 4 as unto the Lord.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

x Col. 3. 19.

of

Ga. 1. 4. z Jno. 3. 5.

Tit. 3. 5.

1 Pe. 3. 7. 23 For the hus-y Ac. 20. 28. band is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church and he He. 10. 22. is the saviour of t the a Jno. 15. 3. body. b 2Cor.11.2. 24 Therefore as the Col. 1. 22. church is subject un-e Cant. 4. 7. to Christ, so let the a ch. 1. 4. wives be to their own. Ge. 2. 23. husbands u in every Ro. 12. 5. thing. 1 Co. 6. 15. f Ge. 2. 24. Ma. 19. 5. Mar. 10. 7. g 1 Co. 6. 16.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and y gave himself for it;

h ver. 25.

Col.3. 19.

his bones.

31 f For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they g two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless blet every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she i reverence her

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse i 1 Pe. 3. 6. husband.

it with the washing.

Duties of

CHAP. VI.

1 CHILDREN, a 0bey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

b Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

EPHES. V1.

A. D. 64.

a Pr. 23. 22.
b Ex. 20. 12.
De. 5. 16.
Ez. 22. 7.

Mal. 1. 6.

Ecc.3.8.

Ma. 15. 4.
Mar. 7.10.

Col. 3. 21.

d Ge. 18. 19.

e 1 Pe. 2. 18.

f2 Co. 7. 15.
g1 Ch.29.17.
h Col. 3. 22.

i Ro. 2. 6.

3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, k Ga. 3. 28. provoke not your Col. 4. 1. children to wrath : but a bring them up moderating. in the nurture and m Le. 25. 43. admonition of the Some read, Lord.

† Or,

master.

n Jno. 13. 13.

both your 5 e Servants, be o-and their bedient to them that are your masters aco Ro. 2. 11. cording to the flesh, with f fear and tremp Col. 1. 11. bling, g in singleness q 1 Th. 5. 8. of your heart, as untos Gr. blood Christ; and flesh.

6 h Not with eye-r Ma. 16. 17. service, as men- Ro. 8. 38. pleasers; but as the t Lu. 22. 53. servants of Christ, tt Or, wickdoing the will of ed spirits. God from the heart or.

7 With good will heavenly. u 2 Co. 10. 4. doing service, as to x.ch. 5. 16. the Lord, and not to ss Or,

men:

having over

y Is. 11. 5.
z Is. 59. 17.

8 Knowing that come all. whatsoever good thing any man doeth,

children, &c.

the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

9 And, yelmasters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and Pin the power of his might. 11 q Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against rflesh gainst and blood, but a• principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against ++ spiwickedness in places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand x in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

ritual
high

14 Stand therefore, having y your loins girt about with truth, and having on the

The Christian breastplate of righte

ousness;

EPHES. VI.

A. D. 64.

15 a And your feet a 1s. 52. 7. shod with the pre- b 1 Jno. 5. 4. paration of the gospel e Is. 59. 17. of peace;

of

16 Above all, taking the shield faith, wherewith ye shall be able quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

to

d Re. 1. 16.

& 2. 16.
& 19. 15.

Lu. 18. 1.
f Ma. 26. 41.
Mar.13. 33.

g Ph. 1.4. 17 And take the 1 Ti. 2. 1. helmet of salvation, h Ac. 4. 29. and d the sword of i 2 Co. 3. 12. the Spirit, which is k 2 Co. 5. 20. the word of God: 1 Ac. 26. 29. 18 Praying always 2 Ti. 1. 16. with all prayer and Phm. 10. supplication in the † Or, in a Spirit, and f watch-chain. ing thereunto with tor, thereof. all perseverance and m Ac. 28. 31. supplications for all 1 Th. 2. 2. saints; n Col. 4. 7. 19 h And for me, o Ac. 20. 4. that utterance may Tit. 3. 12. be given unto me, p Col. 4. 8. that I may open my 1 Pe. 6. 14. mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gos-Or, with pel,

20 For which kl

r Tit. 2. 7.

incorrup-
tion.

am

armour.

an ambassador

that

may

in't bonds:
therein t m I
speak boldly, as I
ought to speak.
21 But In that ye
also may know my
affairs, and how I do,
Tychicus, a beloved
brother and faithful
minister in the Lord,
shall make known to
you all things:

22 p Whom I have sent unto you for the same

purpose, that Ve might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

Although it is admitted that St. Paul was the author of this Epistle, some doubts have arisen whether it was first directed to the Ephesians. Marcion, quoted by Tertullian, calls it the "Epistle to the Laodiceans." Paley, however, has observed-" that the external evidence preponderates, with manifest excess, on the side of the received reading."

St. Paul had been very successful in his ministry at Ephesus, and he wrote this Epistle during his imprisonment at Rome; there is a striking resemblance between this and the Epistle to the Colossians, from which it is justly concluded they were both written about the same time.

ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ

Η ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ.

The Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the
PHILIPPIANS.

Jesus Christ, to all Ro. 1.8, 9. my h bonds, and in