Ephesians 4:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; ”

Ephesians 4:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is one body - One church - for so the word “body” means here - denoting the body of Christ; see the notes on Romans 12:5 ; compare notes on Ephesians 1:23 . The meaning here is, that as t...
Ephesians 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (4) An argument of great weight for an earnest displaying of brotherly love and charity with one another,...
Ephesians 4:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

There is . Supply the Ellipsis by " Ye are ". body . See Ephesians 2:15 ; Ephesians 2:16 . Spirit. App-101. are called . were called also.
Ephesians 4:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. There is one body. (139) He proceeds to show more fully in how complete a manner Christians ought to be united. The union ought to be such that we shall form one body and one soul. Th...
Ephesians 4:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2107 CHRISTIAN UNITY Ephesians 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 al...
Ephesians 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; There is one body - Viz. of Christ, which is his Church. One Spirit - The Holy Ghost, who animates this body....
Ephesians 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; In the apostles' creed the article as to THE CHURCH follows that as to THE HOLY SPIRIT. To the Trinity nat...
Ephesians 4:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Ephesians 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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...
Ephesians 4:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Ephesians 4:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There is one body ,.... The church; in what sense that is a body, and compared to one, Ephesians 1:23 . It is called "one" with relation to Jews and Gentiles, who are of the same body, and are reco...
Ephesians 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 th...
Ephesians 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The apostle proceeds to remind the believers at Ephesus of some of the many very powerful considerations which had force enough, if attended to and laid to heart, to induce them to cultivate and pres...
Ephesians 4:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Unity; Persuasives to Unity. A. D. 61. 2 With all lowliness and meekness, wit...
Ephesians 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Exhortation to Oneness (4:1-16). Paul calls on them therefore now to be as one, and walk worthily of their calling.
Ephesians 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 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 an...
Ephesians 4:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Apostolic Admonitions to Unity, to Perfection in Knowledge, to Holiness, and to Peace. Ephesians 4:1-32 Paul exhorts to unity:
Ephesians 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:17 ; 1 Corinthians 12:12 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; 1 Corinthians 12:20 ; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ; 1 John 3:3 ; 1 Peter 1:21 ; 1 Peter 1:3 ; 1 Peter 1:4 ; 1 Timothy 1:1 ; 2 Co...
Ephesians 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Ephesians 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Ephesians 4:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Ephesians 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Ephesians 4:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

Ephesians 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 4:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

Ephesians 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Ephesians 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 4:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

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

Ephesians 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 4:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 4:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Ephesians 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes