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Gill's Exposition
For it is a shame even to speak of those things,.... This is a reason, why persons should walk as children of light; why they should prove what is acceptable to God; why they should have no fellowship…
Barnes' Notes
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord - That is,” Walk as children of light Eph 5:8, thus showing what is acceptable to the Lord.” Rosenmuller supposes that the participle is used here instead of…
Adam Clarke
Proving what is acceptable - By walking in the light - under the influence of the Divine Spirit, according to the dictates of the Gospel, ye shall be able to try, and bring to full proof, that by…
These verses contain a caution against all manner of uncleanness, with proper remedies and arguments proposed: some further cautions are added, and other duties recommended. Filthy lusts must be…
Cambridge Bible
proving Testing, by the touchstone of His declared and beloved Will; putting every action, and course of action unreservedly to that proof, and unreservedly approving, in action, all that passes it.…
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