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Selected Verse: Ephesians 4:20 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Eph 4:20 |
King James |
But ye have not so learned Christ; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
learned Christ-- (Phi 3:10). To know Christ Himself, is the great lesson of the Christian life: this the Ephesians began to learn at their conversion. "Christ," in reference to His office, is here specified as the object of learning. "Jesus," in Eph 4:21, as the person. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
But ye have not so learned Christ - You have been taught a different thing by Christ; you have been taught that his religion requires you to abandon such a course of life. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Have not learned (οὐχ ἐμάθετε)
Rev., giving the force of the aorist tense, did not learn; at the time of your conversion, when you were instructed in Christ's precepts. The phrase learn Christ occurs nowhere else. Christ does not stand for the doctrine of Christ; but Christ is the subject of His own message. See Eph 4:21. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
But ye have not so learned Christ - That is, ye cannot act thus, now ye know him, since you know the Christian dispensation allows of no sin. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
But ye have not so learned Christ - Ye have received the doctrines of Christianity, and therefore are taught differently; ye have received the Spirit of Christ, and therefore are saved from such dispositions. Some would point and translate the original thus: Ὑμεις δε ουχ οὑτως· εμαθετε τον Χριστον· But ye are not thus; ye have learned Christ. |
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: