I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
The practical portion begins here.
Greek order, 'I exhort х parakaloo (G3870)] you, therefore (seeing that such is your calling of grace, Ephesians 1:1-23; Ephesians 2:1-22; Ephesians 3:1; Ephesians 3:14); I, the prisoner in the Lord' (i:e., imprisoned in the Lord's cause: in Ephesians 3:1, "the prisoner of Jesus," the imprisonment is attributed to Him as its author; but here, to union with Him). What the world counted ignominy, he counts honour, glorying in his bonds for Christ more than a king in his diadem (Theodoret). His bonds enforce his exhortation.
Vocation - translate 'calling,' to accord with "called" (Romans 8:28; Romans 8:30; Ephesians 1:18; Ephesians 5:4). Colossians 3:15 similarly grounds Christian duties on our "calling." The exhortations in this part of the letter rest on realization of the privileges in the former part. Compare Ephesians 4:32 with Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 5:1 with 1:5; 4:30 with 1:13; 5:15 with 1:8.