“ One Lord, one faith, one baptism, ”
One Lord - This evidently refers to the Lord Jesus. The “Spirit” is mentioned in the previous verse; the Father in the verse following. On the application of the word “Lord” to the Saviour, see t...
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...
Lord . App-98. faith . i.e. doctrine; by Metonymy, App-6. See App-150. baptism . Greek. baptisma. App-115. The baptism of the Spirit by Whom we are baptized into the one body. (See How to Enj...
5. One Lord. In the first Epistle to the Corinthians, he employs the word Lord, to denote simply the government of God. “ There are differences of administration, but the same Lord.” (...
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...
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One Lord - Jesus Christ, who is the governor of this Church. One faith - One system of religion, proposing the same objects to the faith of all. One baptism - Admi...
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Similarly "faith" and "baptism" (the sacramental seal of faith) are connected ( Mark 16:16 ; Colossians 2:12 ). "Faith" is not here that which we believe, bu...
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...
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...
One Lord ,.... The Lord Jesus Christ, who, by right of creation, is Lord of all; and by right of marriage, and redemption, is the one and only Lord of his church and people; he has betrothed them to...
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Ver. 5. One baptism ] The author to the Hebrews speaketh of baptisms, Ephesians 6:2 . But either he puts the plural for the singular; or else he meaneth it of t...
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...
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...
One Lord; Christ, viz. as Redeemer, Head, and Husband of the church, to whom, by God's appointment, she is immediately subject, 1 Corinthians 8:6 1 Thessalonians 13:13 Acts 2:36 . One faith...
Exhortation to Oneness (4:1-16). Paul calls on them therefore now to be as one, and walk worthily of their calling.
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 4:4-6 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...
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 1:13 ; 1 Corinthians 1:2 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; 1 Corinthians 12:5 ; 1 Corinthians 8:6 ; 1 Peter 3:21 ; 2 Corinthians 11:4 ; 2 Peter 1:1 ; Acts 10:36 ; Acts 2:36 ; Ephesians...
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...
One outward baptism.