ACC ~ Ephesians 5 v23

THE SWEET FRAGRANCE OF HARMONY IN MARRIAGE. CHRYSOSTOM: When they are in harmony, and their children are being reared well and their household is in good order, their neighbors will smell the sweet fragrance of harmony, along with all their friends and relatives. But if the contrary is true, everything is overturned and thrown into confusion. HOMILY ON EPHESIANS 20.5.22-24.

FLESH DISTINGUISHED FROM BODY. JEROME: Note that the church is never called the flesh but always the body of Christ. Whatever lives according to the flesh must necessarily be embodied. That is true. But it is not true that whatever is body is consequently living according to the flesh. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 3.5.22-23.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ANALOGY. THEODORET: The apostle has been very constrained in setting forth this analogy [of the husband as the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, his body]. Its purpose is to encourage women to respect men and to implant in men an affection for their wives. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 5.22-23.

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