Ephesians 5:19
speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts,
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20giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.
Cross References
Psalms 62:8For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.
Psalms 95:2Sing to the Lord and bless his name. Announce his salvation from day to day.
Psalms 147:7He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
Matthew 15:8‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
John 4:23But the hour is coming, and it is now, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeks such persons who may worship him.
1 Corinthians 14:26What is next, brothers? When you gather together, each one of you may have a psalm, or a doctrine, or a revelation, or a language, or an interpretation, but let everything be done for edification.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:4-21
Preservatives from Impurity; Cautions and Admonitions. ( a. d. 61.) 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things… Read the whole commentary →