Rom 16:19, Eph 5:15 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 19. For your obedience, etc. . Your mild, obedient disposition to learn, and to obey the precepts of the teachers of religion. I am glad , etc. I rejoice that you evince such a disposition. But he immediately adds, that this was just the temper to be imposed upon, and cautions them against that danger. Wise unto that which is good . Evince understanding of that which is adapted to promote good and worthy ends. Simple concerning evil . Greek, harmless . Not disposed to do wrong; having no plan, and yielding to none of the allurements of evil. You have shown your wisdom in obeying the gospel. I would have you still evince wisdom towards every good design; but to be unacquainted with any plan of evil. Do not yield to those plans, or follow those who would lead you into them. (a) "abroad unto all men" (b) "wise unto that which is good" (1) "simple" or, "harmless"

Romans 16:19

Verse 19. For your obedience, etc. Rom 1:8. Your mild, obedient disposition to learn, and to obey the precepts of the teachers of religion.

I am glad, etc. I rejoice that you evince such a disposition. But he immediately adds, that this was just the temper to be imposed upon, and cautions them against that danger.

Wise unto that which is good. Evince understanding of that which is adapted to promote good and worthy ends.

Simple concerning evil. Greek, harmless. Not disposed to do wrong; having no plan, and yielding to none of the allurements of evil. You have shown your wisdom in obeying the gospel. I would have you still evince wisdom towards every good design; but to be unacquainted with any plan of evil. Do not yield to those plans, or follow those who would lead you into them.

(a) "abroad unto all men" Rom 1:8 (b) "wise unto that which is good" Mt 10:16 (1) "simple" or, "harmless"

Ephesians 5:15

Verse 15. See then that ye walk circumspectly. Carefully, anxiously, solicitous lest you fall into sin. The word rendered "circumspectly" --ακριβως--means, diligently; and the idea here is, that they were to take special pains to guard against the temptations around them, and to live as they ought to.

Not as fools, but as wise. Not as the people of this world live, indulging in foolish pleasures and desires, but as those who have been taught to understand heavenly wisdom, and who have been made truly wise.

(a) "circumspectly" Col 4:5