Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth .
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Gill's Exposition
Let all bitterness,.... These words are a dehortation from several vices good men are liable to, by which the Spirit of God is grieved: "bitterness" sometimes designs the corruption of nature, which…
Barnes' Notes
Let him that stole steal no more - Theft, like lying, was, and is, almost a universal vice among the pagan. The practice of pilfering prevails in, probably, every pagan community, and no property is…
Adam Clarke
Let him that stole steal no more - It is supposed that, among the rabbins, stealing was not entirely discountenanced, provided a portion was given to the poor. The apostle here teaches them a…
The apostle having gone through his exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, in the foregoing verses, there follows in these an exhortation to Christian purity and holiness of heart and life,…
Cambridge Bible
him that stole Another moral inference from Christian incorporation. Here again, as above (see on Eph 4:25), and more obviously than ever, the Christianaspect of the duty has also a…
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