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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ephesians 4:7-10

b. The gift of Christ to individuals(Ephesians 4:7-10)7But unto every [to each] one of us is given grace [was the13 grace given] according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended 9up on high, he led [a] captivity captive, and14 gave gifts unto [to] men. ([omit parenthesis] Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first [omit 10first]15 into the lower parts16 of the earth? He that [who] descended is the same also that [he it is also who]... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 4:7

EPHESIANS ‘THE MEASURE OF GRACE’ Eph_4:7 The Apostle here makes a swift transition from the thought of the unity of the Church to the variety of gifts to the individual. ‘Each’ is contrasted with ‘all.’ The Father who stands in so blessed and gracious a relationship to the united whole also sustains an equally gracious and blessed relationship to each individual in that whole. It is because each receives His individual gift that God works in all. The Christian community is the perfection of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-10

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; forbearance toward the trying mistakes and failures of others. Remember that the unity of the Church, as the body of Christ, is already made; but it is for us to maintain it. We must avoid whatever in word or deed would break it. There are seven different bonds of unity, but of these the greatest is the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:1-32

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 of the unity of the Spirit. The fact of that unity is then declared. 'There is one body, and one Spirit"; the function of the instrument so described is revealed in the words, "one hope of your calling." He then showed how the unity is created: "one Lord," the Object of faith; "one faith,"... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-32

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 are accustomed to think of prisoners as men who are versed in crime. Paul, however, was a prisoner of the Lord. He was in prison, not because of his guilt, but because of his righteousness, and, withal his faithfulness to Christ. From the prison jail, Bunyan wrote as one sent of God. Behind the prison... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:1-16

Exhortation to Oneness (4:1-16). Paul calls on them therefore now to be as one, and walk worthily of their calling. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:7

‘Now to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.’ Having stressed the oneness Paul now stresses the individuality. ‘To each one of us.’ Every Christian has his part to play in the ministry of the church. It is a ‘gathering’ of living people acting in unity not a conglomerate mass. And each is given by grace some gracious gift to contribute towards the whole (1 Corinthians 12:28-30). This is measured out to us by Christ Himself. ‘The grace of God’ which... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:7-16

Ephesians 4:7-Nehemiah : . The Doctrine of “ Gifts” in Relation to Unity.— Every Christian has his “ gift” of grace: and the grace given to each is proportioned to the measure of Christ’ s giving ( Ephesians 4:7). That is what Scripture means when it says, “ He went up on high and took captive a captivity and gave gifts to men” ( Ephesians 4:8). “ He went up”— surely that means that He came down also to these lower regions, our earth. He that came down is the very same Person who went up,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:7

But unto every one of us is given grace; either by grace he means gifts which are not common to all believers, but proper to some, according to their various functions and places in the church, Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:11. Or rather, more generally, it comprehends also those graces which are common to all believers as such, faith, hope, love, zeal, &c.; which though they are of the same kind in all, and have the same object, yet they are received in different degrees and measures.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 4:7-12

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 4:7. But unto every one of us is given grace.—The distributing Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:11) leaves no humblest member of the body of Christ without his endowment.Ephesians 4:8. Wherefore He saith.—What follows is a quotation of Psalms 68:18 “with free alteration” (Meyer), adapting the return of the hero-king to his own city to that most magnificent of all triumphs—over Hades and Death—achieved by Him “who was dead and is alive for evermore.” “Being by the... read more