Ephesians 4:4

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ephesians 4:4-6

2. Three motives to the preservation of the unity in the SpiritEphesians 4:4-16a. The working of the Triune God in the Church(Ephesians 4:4-6)4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called [as ye were also called] 5in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6One God and Father of all, who is above [over]8 all, and through all, and in you all [in all].EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALConnection.—These three verses are joined to what precedes without any connecting particle,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-10

Keeping the “Unity of the Spirit” Ephesians 4:1-10 Paul here admonishes lowliness in the presence of another’s excellence; meekness in suffering injury; long-suffering under provocation; forbearance toward the trying mistakes and failures of others. Remember that the unity of the Church, as the body of Christ, is already made; but it is for us to maintain it. We must avoid whatever in word or deed would break it. There are seven different bonds of unity, but of these the greatest is the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:1-32

The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance of the unity of the Spirit. The fact of that unity is then declared. 'There is one body, and one Spirit"; the function of the instrument so described is revealed in the words, "one hope of your calling." He then showed how the unity is created: "one Lord," the Object of faith; "one faith,"... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-32

The Higher Christian Life Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are accustomed to think of prisoners as men who are versed in crime. Paul, however, was a prisoner of the Lord. He was in prison, not because of his guilt, but because of his righteousness, and, withal his faithfulness to Christ. From the prison jail, Bunyan wrote as one sent of God. Behind the prison... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

THE APPEAL FOR UNITY‘There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, Who is over all, and through all, and in all.’ Ephesians 4:4-Joshua : (R. V.) The great dangers we are in by reason of the existence of separated Christian bodies lay beyond the horizon of the Apostles. But the seeds of these ‘unhappy divisions’ were already in the soil, though centuries had to elapse before they bore... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:1-16

Exhortation to Oneness (4:1-16). Paul calls on them therefore now to be as one, and walk worthily of their calling. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:4

‘There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.’ It may well be that this sevenfold list was regularly recited in some form in a recognised creed in Christian gatherings. It gives the impression of a repetitive statement. ‘One body.’ Paul now stresses that the oneness of His people is based on the oneness of the bases for their faith. Thus ‘one... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:1-6

Ephesians 4:1-Joshua : . God’ s Calling Involves a Unity of Life.— The writer, appealing to his imprisonment, beseeches his readers to “ walk” in a fashion worthy of their calling, i.e. in humility, gentleness, and forbearance, putting up with one another in love. They must be careful to observe steadfastly the oneness of the Spirit (who is at work in them, and who holds them together) in a common bond of peace. The Spirit is one even as the “ Body” is one, even as their calling involves... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:4

There is one body; i.e. the church of Christ, Ephesians 1:23; see Colossians 3:15. And one Spirit; the self-same Spirit of Christ in that body by which all the members live and act, 1 Corinthians 12:11,1 Corinthians 12:13. Even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one inheritance in heaven, to the hope of which ye are called, Colossians 1:12. Hope, for the thing hoped for, as Colossians 1:5; see 1 Peter 1:3,1 Peter 1:4. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 4:4-6. One body … and in you all.—“Seven elements of unity St. Paul enumerates.… They form a chain stretching from the Church on earth to the throne and being of the universal Father in heaven” (Findlay).MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Ephesians 4:4-6The Sevenfold Unity of the Church reflected in the Trinity of Divine Persons.I. One Spirit (Ephesians 4:4), the animating Principle of the one body (Ephesians 4:4)—the Church; the Source of its life and... read more

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