Ephesians 5:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Ephesians 5:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …
Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Luke 6:35-36
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-2)

Here we have the exhortation to mutual love, or to Christian charity. The apostle had been insisting on this in the former chapter, and particularly in the Eph. 4:17-32 of it, to which the particle therefore refers, and connects what he had said there with what is contained in these verses, thus: “Because God, for Christ’s sake, has forgiven you, therefore be you followers of God, or imitators of…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Ep 5:1-33. Exhortations to Love: And against Carnal Lusts and Communications. Circumspection in Walk: Redeeming the Time: Being Filled with the Spirit: Singing to the Lord with Thankfulness: The Wife’s Duty to the Husband Rests on that of the Church to Christ. 1. therefore--seeing that “God in Christ forgave you” (Ep 4:32). followers--Greek, “imitators” of God, in respect to “love” (Ep 5:2): God’s…