The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 110 : From Darkness to Light – The Sixth Command (5:12-14)

GIVING REASONS FOR THE SIXTH COMMAND – PAUL DESCRIBING THE ‘UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS’ – IF ‘THEM’ REFERS TO VILE AND WICKED GENTILES, WHY WERE THESE DEEDS DONE IN SECRET? – TRANSLATIONS DIFFER AS TO WHERE TO DIVIDE vv. 13, 14 – INTRODUCTORY FORMULAS – THEORIES ABOUT WHERE PAUL GETS THIS QUOTE – PAUL’S QUOTE – THE SLEEPER