Ephesians 5:19-20 - always giving thanks to God the Father for everything

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Ephesians 5:19-20

Commentary

One of the natural outcomes of being filled with the Spirit is singing and making melody to God. Some take the three types of music that Paul mentions in this verse to refer to different parts of the Book of Psalms. Most believe that these words refer to three larger categories: (1) the 150 psalms in the Psalter, plus other psalmlike poems throughout the Scripture; (2) hymns, compositions addressed directly to God, like the modern song "How Great Thou Art"; (3) spiritual songs, hymns about the Christian experience, like "Amazing Grace."

Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1999). Nelson's new illustrated Bible commentary (Eph 5:19). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.

Did you know?

Parts of The Book of Psalms were used as a hymnal in the worship services of ancient Israel.

Youngblood, R. F., Bruce, F. F., Harrison, R. K., & Thomas Nelson Publishers. (1995). Nelson's new illustrated Bible dictionary. Rev. ed. of: Nelson's illustrated Bible dictionary.; Includes index. Nashville: T. Nelson.