“ Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ”
The unity of the Spirit - A united spirit, or oneness of spirit. This does not refer to the fact that there is one Holy Spirit; but it refers to unity of affection, of confidence, of love. It mea...
(3) Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (3) Thirdly he requires perfect agreement, but yet such that is joined with the band of the Holy Spirit.
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 forbearanc...
Endeavouring . Compare 2 Timothy 2:15 (studying). unity . Literally oneness. Greek. henotes. Only here and Ephesians 4:13 . Spirit . App-101. bond . See Acts 8:23 . peace . the peace....
3. Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit. With good reason does he recommend forbearance, as tending to promote the unity of the Spirit. Innumerable offenses arise daily, which might p...
DISCOURSE: 2106 A CONSISTENT WALK ENJOINED Ephesians 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 an...
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace - There can be no doubt that the Church at Ephesus was composed pa...
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Lowliness, [in classic Greek, tapeinophrosunee ( G5012 ) is meanness of spirit: the Gospel elevated t...
Unity of the New Life. Rules for the New Life The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support exhortation....
(1) Ephesians 4:1-6 , although cast in a hortatory form contain the final summary of the great doctrine of the Epistle — the UNITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH — in words which have all the glowing freedo...
Chapter 16 THE EXHORTATION ON CHURCH LIFE. CHAPTER 4:1-16 THE FUNDAMENTAL UNITIES Ephesians 4:1-6 This Encyclical of St. Paul to the Churches of Asia is the most formal and deliberate of his...
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; forbea...
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...
(1) В¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, (2) В¶ With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one anoth...
CHRISTIAN UNITY ‘The unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.’ Ephesians 4:3 ‘Ye are one,’ the Apostle would say, ‘one in Christ Jesus, therefore live and walk as one.’ Two points here sugge...
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit ,.... That is, a spiritual union: there is an union between God and his people, and between Christ and his members, and between saints and saints, and th...
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ver. 3. The unity of the Spirit ] That is, unanimity; this keeps all together which else will shatter and fall asunder. The daug...
With all lowliness Or humility of mind, having mean thoughts of yourselves because of your former sinfulness and guilt, depravity, weakness, and misery, and your unworthiness of that mercy which Go...
RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY (vs.1-6) In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the Church, the body of...
Exhortation to Unity; Persuasives to Unity. A. D. 61. 2 With all lowliness and meekness, wit...
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...
‘I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you have been called. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love. G...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 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 lowl...
Ephesians 4:3 The Unity of the Spirit. I. What is to be kept: "the unity of the Spirit." That unity may be regarded as twofold. It may be viewed in two lights: as outwardly manifested and as inwa...
Ephesians 4:1-2 . 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 longsuffering, forbearing one...
Ephesians 4:1 . 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...
EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE . Ephesians 4:1-49 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS ; THE CHURCH A BODY . Ephesians 4:1 I therefore . I...
Apostolic Admonitions to Unity, to Perfection in Knowledge, to Holiness, and to Peace. Ephesians 4:1-32 Paul exhorts to unity:
1 Corinthians 1:10 ; 1 Corinthians 12:12 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:13 ; 2 Corinthians 13:11 ; Colossians 3:13-15 ; Ephesians 4:4 ; Hebrews 12:14 ; James 3:17 ; James 3:18 ;...
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...
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit — That mutual union and harmony, which is a fruit of the Spirit. The bond of peace is love.