Ephesians 4:30 — King James Version← Study notes
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Ephesians 4:30 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Ephesians 4:3015 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:30
“And grieve not,” he adds, “the Holy Spirit of God.” A matter this more terrible and startling, as he also says in the Epistle to the Thessalonians; for there too he uses an expression of this sort. “He that rejects, rejects not man, but God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:8 So also here. If you utter a reproachful word, if you strike your brother, you are not striking him, you are “grieving the Holy Spirit.” And then is added further the benefit bestowed, in order to heighten the…
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