( e ) That we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love love, which they have appropriated as God's great gift. (Eph. 1:4.)
( f ) Forbearing one another in love. (4:2.) ( g ) Living the truth in love (veritatem facientes): Christfrom Whom all the Body, fitly framed and knit together, through every contact, according to the effective working of that which is supplied in due measure by each several part, maketh for itself the growth of the Body, unto the building up of itself in love. (4:15, 16.)
Truth and Love (2 John 3) describe an intellectual harmony and a moral harmony; and the two correspond with each other according to their subject-matter.
Love is truth in human action; and truth is love in regard to the order of things. (
h
) Rooted and grounded in love. Lovethe source of growth and the stay of endurance.
Light (
fw'"
).
( a ) For ye were once darkness ( skovto" ), but now are light ( fw'" ) in the Lord ( ejn Kurivw/ )light in fellowship with Him, Who is the Light of the World. (Eph. 5:8.) Cf. 5:14, ejpifauvsei soi oJ cristov" .
Walk as children of light. ( ib. ) For the fruit of light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth. (Eph.
On the other hand, with the unfruitful works of darkness the Christians must have no fellowship. (Eph. 5:11.)
Darkness perishes in the presence of light: All things, when they are shewn in their true nature by the light are made manifest:for everything which is made manifest is light ( fw'" ejstivn ). (Eph. 5:13.)
(
b
) Having the eyes of your heart enlightened (
pefwtismevnou"
). (1:18.) (
c
) In addition to preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles, St Paul was called to bring to light (
fwtivsai
) what is the dispensation of the mystery which from all ages hath been hid in God. (3:9.)
Life (
zwhv
).
Alienated from the life of God ( th'" zwh'" tou' qeou' ) that life which answers to the nature of God and which He communicates to His children. (4:18.)
But Godeven when we were dead through our trespasses quickened us together with ( sunezwopoivhse ) the Christ. (2:5, 6.)
The word qavnato" , death, is not found in the Epistle. But nekrou;" t. paraptwvmasin occurs 2:1, 5 ( v. supr. ): while ejk nekrw'n occurs 1:20, and ejk tw'n nekrw'n (Eph. 5:14) in the Hymn Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead.
Of the future resurrection of men nothing is [directly] said in the Epistle.
Good Works.
For it is His workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works ( ejpi; e[rgoi" ajgaqoi'" ) which God afore prepared that in them we should walk. (2:10.)
In Gal. 5:22, 23 love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness ( pivsti" ), meekness, temperance are as fruit of the Spirit contrasted with the works of the flesh.
5:9.)