Redeeming the Time

Redeeming the time  5:16 EPHESIANS

Verse 16 Redeeming the time

(exagorazomenoi ton kairon). As in Colossians 4:5 which see.

5	Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Verse 5 Toward them that are without

(proß touß exw). A Pauline phrase for those outside the churches (1 Thessalonians 5:12; 1 Corinthians 5:12). It takes wise walking to win them to Christ. Redeeming the time (ton kairon exagorazomenoi). We all have the same time. Paul goes into the open market and buys it up by using it rightly. See the same metaphor in Ephesians 5:16.