SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER WITH SPIRITUAL SONGS G5603 ᾠδή ōidḗ, o-day’; from G103; a chant or “ode” (the general term for any words sung; while G5215 denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and G5568 still more specially, a Hebrew cantillation):—song.…

OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowshipG4790 with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. G4790 συγκοινωνέω synkoinōnéō, soong-koy-no-neh’-o; from G4862 and G2841; to share in company with, i.e. co-participate in:—communicate (have fellowship)…

RAYS OF LIGHT G5457 φῶς phōs, foce; from an obsolete φάω pháō (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare G5316, G5346); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative):—fire, light. Strong’s Exhaustive…

NOT A HINT G4202 πορνεία porneía, por-ni’-ah; from G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:—fornication. Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible fornication – voluntary sexual intercourse between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman The New Webster’s Dictionary, Lexicon…

OUR BEHAVIOR SHOULD IMITATE OUR SAVIOR Ephesians 5:1 (BSB) Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, SUSAN: We both believe the Amplified Classic Version clarified this verse: Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as…

FORGIVE AS CHRIST FORGAVE G5483 χαρίζομαι charízomai, khar-id’-zom-ahee; middle voice from G5485; to grant as a favor, i.e. gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue:—deliver, (frankly) forgive, (freely) give, grant. Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible G3402 μιμητής mimētḗs, mim-ay-tace’; from…

MAY WE SPEAK GRACIOUSLY “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” WRONG! Words can and do hurt. Some words leave emotional scars that last a lifetime. And the hard truth is once words leave…

BIBLICAL BODY BUILDING BLUEPRINT Ephesians 4:11 (BSB) And it was He who gave some to be apostlesG652, some to be prophetsG4396, some to be evangelistsG2099, and some to be pastorsG4166 and teachersG1320 . . . G652 ἀπόστολος apóstolos, ap-os’-tol-os; from…

SAINTS IN TRAINING

ONE Ephesians 4:1 (BSB) As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: SUSIE: In light of all the things Paul had written in the first three…