Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:29 Words are powerful things. The children’s rhyme “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is not true. Words definitely have...
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:26–27 We just considered one of the top problems all of us face: the issue of the tongue. Ephesians 4:26 now addresses a second matter: that of anger. Anger has the power to...
I say therefore . . . that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, . . . that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye...
The whole body [in Christ is] fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part. Ephesians 4:15–16 Each member of the body has a specific function: eyes see; ears hear; legs walk; noses smell; brains think. Healthy body parts carry out their...
Walk worthy, . . . forbearing one another in love. Ephesians 4:1–2 Aren’t you glad that God’s Word is practical—addressing us exactly where we live in the messy moments of life? To forbear literally means to put up with someone. Forbearance is forgiving, gentle, patient, accommodating, and kind. The Lord is extremely forbearing with us....
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love. Ephesians 4:1–2 A happy home is a place where family members practice humility. Ah, what a word! “Humility” means to be lowly, genuine, and caring and to have awareness...