Ephesians 4:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:3-6

The unities of Christianity a reason for union amongst Christians. "Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 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." These various unities in Christianity are here specified by the apostle in order to enforce the importance and obligation of a loving concord amongst all true... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

WHEREIN UNITY CONSISTS — SEVEN PARTICULARS . There is one body (see Ephesians 2:16 ). The Church is an organic whole, of which believers are the members, and Christ the Head, supplying the vitalizing power: The real body, being constituted by vital union with Christ, is not synonymous with any single outward society. One Spirit ; viz. the Holy Spirit, who alone applies the redemption of Christ, and works in the members of the Church the graces of the new creation. As ye also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

The sevenfold unity. The apostle proceeds to state the nature and grounds of the unity which is to be so carefully guarded. It has its basis in the fact that the Church is one, and does not consist of two rival societies. I. " THERE IS ONE BODY ." The body with its many members and its many functions is yet one. Similarly, "we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another" ( Romans 12:5 ); so that believers, no matter how separated by race, color,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:4-6

Christian unity. This is a frequently recurring theme in the Epistle to the Ephesians, and it is always treated with an emphasis that marks its supreme importance, and with a prophetic hopefulness that regards the higher development of it as one of the grandest features of the ideal future. I. WHEREIN CHRISTIAN UNITY CONSISTS . 1. Externally it consists in the " one body ." Plainly the "one body" is the Church, the community of Christians. It should be clear to an... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:6

One God - The same God; therefore there should be unity. Were there many gods to be worshipped, there could be no more hope of unity than there is among the worshippers of Mammon and Bacchus, and the various other idols that people set up. People who have different pursuits, and different objects of supreme affection, can be expected to have no union. People who worship many gods, cannot hope to be united. Their affections are directed to different objects, and there is no harmony or sympathy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:4-6

Ephesians 4:4-6. 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 laid to heart, to induce them to cultivate and preserve the unity to which he exhorts them. There is one body One mystical body of Christ, of which he is the living head, and ye all are members; and as such should sympathize with, care for, and assist one another, as the members of the human body do. And in this one body ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:1-16

4:1-6:24 THE DAILY LIFE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERSUnity in the church (4:1-16)God’s great purposes for his church should produce a new quality in the lives of the church members. The blessings that God gives should not lead the believers to pride. On the contrary, when they see that these blessings are an indication of the standard God expects, they will develop a new humility. When people or circumstances annoy them and try their patience, they will show love by being patient and helpful... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 4:6

God . App-98 . Father . App-98 . Note the seven occurances of "one"; body, Spirit, hope, Lord, faith, baptism. God and Father; three on either side of the Lord Jesus Christ. through . App-104 .Ephesians 4:1 . you . The texts omit. all . The indwelling of God in the members of the body by pneuma theou. See Romans 8:9 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 4:6

One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.The seventh of these great unities is God himself. The Pauline teaching that all people "live and move and have their being in God" is implicit in a verse like this. The very fact of the existence of life proves that God is.One God ... The unity of God, as reiterated in the first commandment of the Decalogue, was thus emphasized at a time when the world was steeped in polytheism. This great truth burst upon the pagan... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:6

Ephesians 4:6. One God and Father of all, &c.— Though God may be stiled the Father of all things universally, who is above, through, and in them all, as he created and upholds them, and has supreme dominion over them: and as in him we live, and move, and have our being; yet the father of all, &c. in this place, evidently means something more peculiar and distinguishing, withspecial relation to all his believing people, and to his gracious operation in them: for this best suits the... read more

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