Ephesians 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:48You however are to be complete in goodness, as your Heavenly Father is complete.
John 1:12But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;
Colossians 3:12Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
1 John 3:1See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us--that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known Him.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:1
We had several important exhortations in the close of the foregoing chapter, and they are continued in this: particularly, I. We have here an exhortation to mutual love and charity, ver. 1, 2 . II. Against all manner of uncleanness, with proper arguments and remedies proposed against such sins: and some further cautions are added, and other duties recommended, ver. 3-20 . III. The apostle directs to the conscientious discharge of relative duties, from ver. 21 , throughout this, and in the beginning of the next… Read the whole commentary →