Ephesians 4:5

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 ap...
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 calli...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 w...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. One Lord. In the first Epistle to the Corinthians, he employs the word Lord, to denote simply the government of God. “ There are di...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 sam...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Similarly "faith" and "baptism" (the sacramental seal of faith) are connected ( Mark 16:16 ; Colossians 2:1...
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 h...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

'One Head, to which each member is united by one Faith and one Baptism.' 6 . 'One God, the supreme Source and Sustainer.' In you all] RV 'in all....
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 C...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

One Lord, one faith. — From the idea of “the calling,” the Apostle passes naturally to Him who calls — the “one Lord” — and to the method of His ca...
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...
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 sufferin...
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 cond...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 p...
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 l...
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 sain...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Unity; Persuasives to Unity. A. D. 61....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
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.
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 st...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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....
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 4:5 I. How is the lordship of Jesus constituted? Not by the suffrages of men, but by the will of God. It consists in the exaltation, the...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 4:5-6 I. The Apostle speaks first of one Lord. Those words would have at once recalled to a Jew the sentence which had been repeated to...
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 lowlines...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 4:1 . I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you- Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can hear in...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 4:1 . I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,- «You are called...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE . Ephesians 4:1-49 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS ; THE CHURC...
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:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

one Lord, one faith, one Baptism,
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

One outward baptism.

⁵ One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Related Commentaries of Ephesians 4:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephesians 4:5