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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 5:17 - 5:17
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Wherefore - seeing that ye need to walk so circumspectly, choosing and using the right opportunity of good.
unwise - a different Greek word from that in Eph 5:15. Translate, “foolish,” or “senseless.”
understanding - not merely knowing as a matter of fact (Luk 12:47), but knowing with understanding.
the will of the Lord - as to how each opportunity is to be used. The Lord’s will, ultimately, is our “sanctification” (1Th 4:3); and that “in every thing,” meantime, we should “give thanks” (1Th 5:18; compare above, Eph 5:10).