“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient — Paul's warning against apatan ('deception') by logous kenos ('empty words,' hollow rhetoric); these vices trigger the orgē theou ('wrath of God') upon tous disobedient ('the disobedient').
Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:6
There were, it is likely, in the time of our forefathers also, some who “weakened the hands of the people” Jeremiah 38:4, and brought into practice that which is mentioned by Ezekiel — or rather who did the works of the false prophets, who “profaned God among His people for handfuls of barley” Ezekiel 13:19; a thing, by the way, done methinks by some even at this day. When, for example, we say that he who calls his brother a fool shall depart into hell-fire, others say,…
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