Ephesians 4:1

I therefore. Resuming his teaching after the parenthesis of Ephesians 3:1-21.

prisoner. See Ephesians 3:1.

Lord. App-98.

beseech. Greek. parakaleo. App-134. Compare 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Timothy 2:1. &c.

vocation. calling, as Ephesians 1:18.

are. were.

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