The indicative always grounds and founds the imperative. To put it in the opposite way, the imperative is always because of or on the basis of the indicative. Ephesians 5:1–2 points to this. As God’s beloved children we are to live in certain ways. That is, our behavior is befitting who we are. Technically speaking, we could say this is a reminder that metaphysics precedes ethics. Description of reality must precede description of duty. Who we are—our identity, our nature, our name, as we’re found