“ One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. ”
One God - The same God; therefore there should be unity. Were there many gods to be worshipped, there could be no more hope of unity than there is among the worshippers of Mammon and Bacchus, and...
One God and Father of all, who [is] (c) above all, and (d) through all, and (e) in you all. (c) Who alone has the chief authority over the Church. (d) Who alone pours forth his providence, through...
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...
God . App-98. Father . App-98. Note the seven occurances of "one"; body, Spirit, hope, Lord, faith, baptism. God and Father; three on either side of the Lord Jesus Christ. through . App-104. Eph...
6. One God and Father of all. This is the main argument, from which all the rest flow. How comes it that we are united by faith, by baptism, or even by the government of Christ, but because...
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 God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. One God - The fountain of all being, self-existent and eternal; and Father of all, both Jews and Gentiles, because he i...
One God and Father of all, &c.— Though God may be stiled the Father of all things universally, who is above, through, and in them all, as he created and upholds them, and has supreme dominion o...
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Above, х epi ( G1909 )] - 'over all' ( Romans 9:5 ). The 'one God over all' (in His sovereignty and His grace...
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 God and Father of all ,.... That there is but one God is the voice of nature and of revelation; and may be concluded from the perfections of deity, for there can be but one eternal, infinite, im...
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Ver. 6. One God and Father of all ] Have we not all one Father? saith Malachi. Mal 2:10 Why then dissent and jar we...
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 God; God is here taken personally for the Father, the other two Persons being before mentioned, Ephesians 4:4,5 . And Father of all; of all believers. Who is above all; not only in the e...
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 Chronicles 29:11 ; 1 Chronicles 29:12 ; 1 Corinthians 12:6 ; 1 Corinthians 8:6 ; 1 John 3:1-3 ; 1 John 3:24 ; 1 John 4:12-15 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; Daniel 4:34 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Daniel 5:1...
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 God and Father of all — That believe. Who is above all — Presiding over all his children, operating through them all by Christ, and dwelling in all by his Spirit.