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Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

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 great subject of the whole Ephesian Epistle: the existence and the nature of the Holy Catholic Church of Christ. The whole area of humanity, and therefore the whole area of the salvation of Christ, is seen by him as a whole. Over the whole battlefield of the world he watches the sweep of the tides of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:5

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 reward of servantship, and is constituted by God directly and acquiesced in, and acknowledged, and accepted with gladness by the Church. II. What does this lordship comprise? It is a sign of His pre-eminence. He rises far above all principalities, and powers, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named in this world and in that which is to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:5-6

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 him since he could speak: "The Lord thy God is one Lord." And surely much of the emphasis of this Divine sentence lay in the word "thy." Multitudes of things surround thee and crave thy worship; there is One near thee, ruling thee, caring for thee, jealous of thee, who claims thy heart for Himself: He is the Lord. II. "One faith." The Jew had been... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 4:1-3

DISCOURSE: 2106A CONSISTENT WALK ENJOINEDEphesians 4:1-3. 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 long-suffering, forbearing one another in lore; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.THE end of all true religion is practice: and the perfection of practice is a habit of mind suited to the relations which we bear to God and man, and to the circumstances in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 4:4-6

DISCOURSE: 2107CHRISTIAN UNITYEphesians 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 all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.IT is often urged, as an objection against Christianity, that those who profess it are not agreed respecting the doctrines which it inculcates: and we are triumphantly urged to come to an agreement amongst ourselves, before we attempt to proselyte others... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-32

Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is aprisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you] that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called ( Ephesians 4:1 ).Now, notice this is the first mention now that Paul makes of your response to God. He has spent three chapters telling you what God has done for you, of what God has given to you, of what God has provided for you. He has spent three chapters unfolding the glorious mysteries of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:1-32

Ephesians 4:1-2 . 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 wherewith ye are called. We are called with a holy calling, according to his purpose and grace. 2 Timothy 1:9. We are called to come out from among the wicked, and to regard the earth only as the land of our pilgrimage. 2 Corinthians 6:17. We are called with a high and holy calling as the sons... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:2

Ephesians 4:2With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love.Exhortation to lowlinessThese words, after all that has gone before, thrill us like the tones of a trumpet. If it had been left to ourselves to expand the general exhortation into practical details, we should have insisted, perhaps, on the duty of cultivating a magnanimity corresponding to the greatness of our position and the greatness of our hopes. We might have argued that those who have... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:3

Ephesians 4:3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.The unity of the SpiritBy virtue of his having the Spirit, the believer is in union with every other spiritual man, and this is the unity which he is to endeavour to keep.1. This unity of the Spirit is manifested in love. A husband and wife may be, through providence, cast hundreds of miles from one another, but there is a unity of spirit in them because their hearts are one. We, brethren, are divided many thousands... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:4

Ephesians 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.The seven unities of spiritual life1. One body.” Now the body is for our habitation, and it is for our action upon the world around, and it is for our reception of influences that the world around exerts upon ourselves. The body is for habitation, for activity, and for reception. If, then, in our own personal body our spirit so dwells that all the various organs work together for a common end,... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:5

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:5-6

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 4:1-3

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 4:4-6

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-32

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:1-32

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:2

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:3

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 4:4

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