Ephesians 4:30 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

KJV

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 4:30 (420)

That we have been "sealed" with the Holy Spirit means that both our spirit and our soul are impressed with God's own seal, signifying that we belong to him. By this we receive in ourselves that image and likeness in which we were created at the outset.… You are sealed so that you may be preserved to the end. You may show that seal on the day of redemption, pure and unblemished and not damaged in any part. You are thereby ready to be counted with those who are redeemed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There is to be a day of redemption; the body is to be redeemed from the power of the grave at the resurrection-day, and then God's people will be delivered from all the effects of sin, as well as from all sin and misery, which they are not till rescued out of the grave: and then their full and complete happiness commences.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 738: “Grieve Not the Holy Spirit” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1867)

IT is a very clear proof of the Personality of the Holy Spirit that He can be grieved. Now, it would be very difficult to imagine an influence, or a mere spiritual emanation being grieved. We can only grieve a person, and, inasmuch as the Holy Spirit may be grieved, we see that He is a distinct subsistence in the sacred Trinity. Rob Him not of the glory which is due to Him but be ever mindful to do Him homage. Our text, moreover, reveals to us the close connection between the Holy Spirit and the Believer.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1859)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
λυπεῖτε	lupeite	do grieve	G3076 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἅγιον	hagion	Holy	G40 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ᾧ	hō	whom	G3739 →
ἐσφραγίσθητε	esphragisthēte	you were sealed	G4972 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
ἡμέραν	hēmeran	[the] day	G2250 →
ἀπολυτρώσεως.¶	apolutrōseōs	of redemption.	G629 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not extinguish the Spirit.
leads to
- Isaiah 63:10
  But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Acts 7:51
  You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 1:6
  For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
- 1 Timothy 4:14
  Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
- Nehemiah 9:30
  You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
Through
Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:16
  Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
- Jeremiah 4:4
  Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to…
Through
Genesis 6:6
And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:11
  “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all…

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