Ephesians 4:28 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
Ephesians 4:28 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Ephesians 4:2819 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:28
“Let him that stole,” says he, “steal no more.” Do you see what are the members of the old man? Falsehood, revenge, theft. Why said he not, “Let him that stole” be punished, be tortured, be racked; but, “let him steal no more”? “But rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that has need.” Where are they which are called pure; they that are full of all defilement, and yet dare to give themselves a name like…
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