Improvement of Time
S. Coley. Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Boyle remarks "that sand grains are easily scattered, but skilful artificers gather, melt, and transmute them to glass, of which they make mirrors, lenses, and telescopes. Even so vigilant Christians improve parenthetic flagments of time, employing them in self-examination, acts of faith, and researches of holy truth; by which they became looking glasses for their souls, and telescopes revealing their promised heaven." Jewellers save the very sweepings of their shops because they contain particles of precious metal. Should Christians, whose every moment was purchased for them by the blood of Christ, be less careful of time? Surely its very minutiae should be more treasured than grains of gold or dust of diamonds. (S. Coley.) Parallel Verses KJV: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. WEB: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.