ephesians-4:4

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:4

Ephesians 4:4 I. Consider the unity or oneness of the Church as set forth by the unity or oneness of the body. "The body is one," says the Apostle. Notwithstanding the several limbs of which it is composed, one life animates the whole. The parts mutually subserve one another. They instinctively feel that they belong to one another; that they owe to one another mutual help and support. And so, too, the Church is one one mystical body, as we call it having one Author, which is God, and one Head,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

Ephesians 4:4-6 Church Unity. In these words, which unite the passionate enthusiasm of thanksgiving with the clear-cut precision of a creed, St. Paul draws out to us explicitly that which is the great subject of the whole Ephesian Epistle: the existence and the nature of the Holy Catholic Church of Christ. The whole area of humanity, and therefore the whole area of the salvation of Christ, is seen by him as a whole. Over the whole battlefield of the world he watches the sweep of the tides of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 4:4-6

DISCOURSE: 2107CHRISTIAN UNITYEphesians 4:4-6. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.IT is often urged, as an objection against Christianity, that those who profess it are not agreed respecting the doctrines which it inculcates: and we are triumphantly urged to come to an agreement amongst ourselves, before we attempt to proselyte others... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-32

Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is aprisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you] that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called ( Ephesians 4:1 ).Now, notice this is the first mention now that Paul makes of your response to God. He has spent three chapters telling you what God has done for you, of what God has given to you, of what God has provided for you. He has spent three chapters unfolding the glorious mysteries of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:1-32

Ephesians 4:1-2 . I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you a pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add affliction to my bonds; that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. We are called with a holy calling, according to his purpose and grace. 2 Timothy 1:9. We are called to come out from among the wicked, and to regard the earth only as the land of our pilgrimage. 2 Corinthians 6:17. We are called with a high and holy calling as the sons... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:4

Ephesians 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.The seven unities of spiritual life1. One body.” Now the body is for our habitation, and it is for our action upon the world around, and it is for our reception of influences that the world around exerts upon ourselves. The body is for habitation, for activity, and for reception. If, then, in our own personal body our spirit so dwells that all the various organs work together for a common end,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 4:4

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; Ver. 4. In one hope of your calling ] That is, unto one inheritance, which we all hope for. Fall not out therefore by the way, as Joseph charged his brethren. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ephesians 4:4

one body: Ephesians 2:16, Ephesians 5:30, Romans 12:4, Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 10:17, 1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:13, 1 Corinthians 12:20, Colossians 3:15 one Spirit: Ephesians 2:18, Ephesians 2:22, Matthew 28:19, 1 Corinthians 12:4-1 Kings :, 2 Corinthians 11:4 as: Ephesians 4:1, Ephesians 1:18, Jeremiah 14:8, Jeremiah 17:7, Acts 15:11, Colossians 1:5, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 1 Timothy 1:1, Titus 1:2, Titus 2:13, Titus 3:7, Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 6:19, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:4, 1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 4:4

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;There is one body — The universal church, all believers throughout the world.One Spirit, one Lord, one God and Father — The ever-blessed Trinity.One hope — Of heaven. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:4

4. There is The italics show that these words are supplied by the translators. Like the “for” supplied by Eadie, they weaken the sense. Thus far Paul has been preparing the Ephesians for the unity; he now points to the high centres of unity their Christianity presents, and abruptly exclaims, One body, one faith, etc. Seven times is the word one repeated to show them how perfect is their ideal oneness. One Spirit Forming the higher soul of the one body. It is the infinite Spirit so... read more