As the child of light walks as a child of light ( Ephesians 5:8 b), he will continually try to discover what the will of God is so he can do it and please God. [source][source][source]
Context Summary
Ephesians 5:1-12 - Walk As Children Of Light
It is indeed a high calling to imitate God and to walk in love after the measure of Christ; but it will be impossible unless we open our innermost heart to the Holy Spirit. We must not only sacrifice ourselves for others, but there should be a fragrance in all that we do. "An odor of a sweet smell." Note carefully the injunctions of Ephesians 5:3-4, especially as they concern speech. It is by our speech that we betray the true condition of our hearts.
We must be as distinct from the worldly as light is from darkness. There should be no twilight in our testimony for our Lord, though there may be considerable obscurity in our views of truth. Whatever is unfruitful; whatever we should blush to have transcribed and read to the world; whatever would be inconsistent with the strong, clear light of the throne of God and the Lamb, must be avoided. We must walk in the light of the Lord. Then we ourselves shall become luminous, as some diamonds do after being held in sunshine. People who love darkness will avoid and hate us; but their treatment may be only a cause for our own encouragement, as God becomes increasingly precious to us. [source]
Chapter Summary: Ephesians 5
1After general exhortations to love; 3to flee sexual immorality; 4and all uncleanness; 7not to converse with the wicked; 15to walk carefully; 18and to be filled with the Spirit; 22he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands; 25and husbands ought to love their wives, 32even as Christ does his church
Greek Commentary for Ephesians 5:10
Proving [δοκιμαζοντες] Testing and so proving. [source]
Proving [] Connect with walk. Walk, proving by your walk. Proving, see on 1 Peter 1:7. [source]
Acceptable [εὐάρεστον] Rev., better and more literally, well-pleasing. The one point of all moral investigation is, does it please God? [source]
What do the individual words in Ephesians 5:10 mean?
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: δοκιμάζω
Sense: to test, examine, prove, scrutinise (to see whether a thing is genuine or not), as metals.
Greek Commentary for Ephesians 5:10
Testing and so proving. [source]
Connect with walk. Walk, proving by your walk. Proving, see on 1 Peter 1:7. [source]
Rev., better and more literally, well-pleasing. The one point of all moral investigation is, does it please God? [source]