Ephesians 4:2-3

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 4:2

With all lowliness, or humility; submissiveness of mind, whereby we esteem others better than ourselves, Philippians 2:3. A virtue peculiar to Christians, unknown to philosophers: see Acts 20:19; Colossians 3:12,Colossians 3:13. And meekness; whereby we are not easily provoked, or offended with the infirmities of others: this is opposed to peevishness, as the former to pride. With long-suffering; whereby we bear with greater or repeated injuries, 2 Corinthians 6:6. Forbearing one another; or... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:3

The unity of the Spirit; either unity of mind, or spiritual unity, as being wrought by the Spirit, and then he means that unity he spoke of, Ephesians 2:14-16, and Ephesians 3:6, whereby is intended the mystical body of Christ. In the bond of peace; i.e. in peace as the bond which keeps the members or parts of the church together, which by dissensions are dissipated and scattered. The first step to this unity is humility, for where that is not, there will be no meekness nor forbearance, without... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-3

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 4:1. Walk worthy of the vocation.—They had been called to life in the Spirit, and they must also “walk in the Spirit.”Ephesians 4:2. With all lowliness.—The Christian—“born from above”—is to exhibit a trait of character which the “high-born” Greek despised, and which Heine in modern times called “a hound’s virtue.” “The pride that apes humility” steals in under Chrysostom’s description of this “lowliness.” He says, “It is a making of ourselves small when... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:3

Ephesians 4:3 The Basis of Communion. I. It seems to me that there are two streams of influence which are pressing some, and those by no means the feeblest and least thoughtful, of our ministers, towards the conclusion that the Church of the future will take comparatively slight heed of doctrinal agreements and differences, and will base its fellowship on vital sympathy in the work of teaching, helping, and saving society. First, there is the weariness of the narrow doctrinal basis which has... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 4:1-3

DISCOURSE: 2106A CONSISTENT WALK ENJOINEDEphesians 4:1-3. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in lore; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.THE end of all true religion is practice: and the perfection of practice is a habit of mind suited to the relations which we bear to God and man, and to the circumstances in... 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 4:2

Ephesians 4:2With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love.Exhortation to lowlinessThese words, after all that has gone before, thrill us like the tones of a trumpet. If it had been left to ourselves to expand the general exhortation into practical details, we should have insisted, perhaps, on the duty of cultivating a magnanimity corresponding to the greatness of our position and the greatness of our hopes. We might have argued that those who have... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:3

Ephesians 4:3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.The unity of the SpiritBy virtue of his having the Spirit, the believer is in union with every other spiritual man, and this is the unity which he is to endeavour to keep.1. This unity of the Spirit is manifested in love. A husband and wife may be, through providence, cast hundreds of miles from one another, but there is a unity of spirit in them because their hearts are one. We, brethren, are divided many thousands... read more

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