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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Ephesians 4 The apostle having in the three former chapters treated of the doctrines of grace, and explained and established them, proceeds in the three following to exhort to the duties of religion; and in this advises to a becoming conversation in general, and to brotherly concord and unity in particular; and dehorts from several...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you,.... Or "in the Lord"; that is, for the Lord's sake; [See comments on Ephesians 3:1]. Some connect this phrase, "in the Lord", with the following word, "beseech": as if the sense was, that the apostle entreated the believing Ephesians, in the name of the Lord, and for his sake, to take heed to...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
We have gone through the former part of this epistle, which consists of several important doctrinal truths, contained in the three preceding chapters. We enter now on the latter part of it, in which we have the most weighty and serious exhortations that can be given. We may observe that in this, as in most others of Paul's epistles, the former...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; It is a loving call. Walk lovingly. It is the condescension of God that called you. Be, therefore, lowly. It is God in tenderness who has loved you. Be,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you- Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who, for Christ’s sake, has lost his liberty, and who for that reason pleads with his fellow Christians: “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you” — Eph_4:1....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,- “You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with Christ, you are called to be kings and priests unto God; this is the highest possible vocation that anyone can have, so walk worthy of it.” O beloved, if we walk worthy of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
With all lowliness and meekness,..... In the exercise of humility, which shows itself in believers, in entertaining and expressing the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; in not envying the gifts and graces of others, but rejoicing at them, and at every increase of them; in a willingness to receive instruction from the meanest...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; This is the very spirit of Christianity, — to be able to bear and forbear, to be gentle, not to be selfish or self-seeking, or angry and passionate, but full of lowliness and meekness. Brethren, do not seek the highest place. If you do, you will at least have a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;-“ You are not called to hector over men, to be lords over God’s heritage; you are called to be Christ-like, to be gentle and tender, ready to bear and to forgive all manner of wrong that may be done to you;”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit,.... That is, a spiritual union: there is an union between God and his people, and between Christ and his members, and between saints and saints, and the bond of each union is love; and that it is which knits and cements them together; and it is the last of these which is here intended: the saints are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Therefore, strive for unity. Woe unto those who divide believers — that rob them of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. That is a living ligature which binds the members of the body together. Try to keep in one spirit, united by “the bond of peace.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Some people seem as if they endeavored to break the unity of the Spirit, and to snap every sacred bond of love and Christian affection; be ye not like unto them, but let Christ’s mind be in you; and with lowliness, and meekness, and longsuffering, endeavor to keep the unity of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There is one body,.... The church; in what sense that is a body, and compared to one, [See comments on Ephesians 1:23]. It is called "one" with relation to Jews and Gentiles, who are of the same body, and are reconciled in one body by Christ, and are baptized into it by the Spirit; and with respect to saints above and saints below, who make up one...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There is one body, Christ never had two. Eph_4:4. And one Spirit, There never were two Holy Spirits. The one Spirit that quickened the whole Church of Christ is by himself, alone. Eph_4:4. Even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; You have only one ground of confidence, and you have only one heaven in which you hope to meet all your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. If there were two lords, you might be divided into two parties; if there were two faiths, you might split up into two sections; if there were two...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
One Lord,.... The Lord Jesus Christ, who, by right of creation, is Lord of all; and by right of marriage, and redemption, is the one and only Lord of his church and people; he has betrothed them to himself, and is their husband, and so their Lord, whom they are to worship and obey; he has redeemed them, he has bought them with the price of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, There is only one Lord in the Christian Church; and there is only one faith. There may be many forms of faith, but there is only one true faith. “One baptism.” There may be many baptisms so-called, but there can be only one that is the true baptism.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
One God and Father of all,.... That there is but one God is the voice of nature and of revelation; and may be concluded from the perfections of deity, for there can be but one eternal, infinite, immense, omnipotent, all-sufficient, perfect, and independent Being; and from one first cause of all things, and the relations he stands in to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. So that, if we are one in all these things, we ought to be one in a hearty affection towards one another.