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William MacDonald

The conscience is a monitoring mechanism which God has given to man to approve right conduct and to protest against what is wrong. When Adam and Eve sinned, their consciences condemned them and they knew they were naked.

Like all other parts of man's nature, the conscience was affected by the entrance of sin so that it is not always completely reliable. The old maxim "Let your conscience be your guide" is not an invariable rule. However, even in the most depraved, the conscience still...

Bible Verses: 1 Timothy 1:19Hebrews 9:14Hebrews 10:22Acts 24:161 Timothy 1:51 Timothy 1:19Hebrews 13:181 Peter 3:161 Timothy 3:9Romans 14:231 Corinthians 8:71 Timothy 4:2Ephesians 4:19

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George Bowen

I will suppose that you have traveled in a strange country with a congenial companion. You were careful to do and say nothing that would mar the pleasure of your intercourse. There were many pleasant objects to look at, but your experience taught you that any unpleasantness between your companion and yourself would quite do away with the attractions of the things around you. So you were careful not to grieve him.

The Spirit of God is your companion. Most exalted of all beings, he...

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:30

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George Bowen

Not courteous merely; for courtesy is but one expression of kindness. Not kind to this or that choice one, with whom you have a facility of sympathy; but generally. Be ye kind; there are few words in our language more endowed with meaning than this. It has both a soul and a body. It signifies both a state of the heart, and the manifestations of that state, in acts, words, tones, looks. Some words look more to outward acts; others more to inward equalities. We cannot say to which this most...

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:32

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James Russell Miller

Ephesians 4:20-30

The Christian is to learn Christ. He is to go to school, where the pupils are Christ's followers. The textbook is Christ Himself. What a wonderful Book it is we have to study! How can we study it? We can study the life of Christ as we have it portrayed in the gospel. We can see how He lived, what kind of boy He was, how He treated His mother, how He treated His heavenly Father; what...

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:20-30

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T. Austin-Sparks

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:3 NIV)


The new creation is a company, it is a
Body indwelt by the Holy Spirit, actuated by the Holy Spirit, actually made one
by the Holy Spirit. “In one Spirit were we all baptized into one body” (1
Cor. 12:13). The oneness is the oneness of the Holy Spirit. “Giving diligence

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:31 Corinthians 12:13

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T. Austin-Sparks

Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
(Ephesians 4:15 NIV)












We know of many children of God
who have been the Lord’s children for years and they have
been working for the Lord many of them, and yet they have come to
a standstill; they have...

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:15

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T. Austin-Sparks


May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for
everyone else, just as ours does for you. (1 Thessalonians 3:12 NIV)














Love for those of our own company may not be so difficult. But the Word
adds "and toward all men." That goes deeper. I have of late felt more deeply and...

Bible Verses: 1 Thessalonians 3:121 Corinthians 8:1Ephesians 4:16

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T. Austin-Sparks

Strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of the Spirit in the binding power of peace.
(Ephesians 4:3 AMP)



Oneness in Christ as a Body fitly framed together is what is portrayed. How
is this perfect unity reached? By all that is individual and personal being
left, by the Lord being the focal center, and by our giving diligence to
maintain the...

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:3

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T. Austin-Sparks


Let our lives lovingly express truth in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him. (Ephesians 4:15 AMP)












Any system of religion that just puts on from
the outside, and covers over the inner life by mere rite and ritual is false, it

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:15

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T. Austin-Sparks

Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way
into Him who is the Head. (Ephesians 4:15 ESV)



Things may be taking a new and different shape, but the
purpose of God is the same. We may be presented with His vision in new and
further-on aspects, but it is only what He originally meant. Can we adjust? Can
we leave "the things that are behind"? Without raising...

Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:15

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