So then, I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to behave yourselves in
a way that is worthy of the calling with which you are called. I urge
you to behave with all humility, and gentleness, and patience. I urge
you to bear with one another in love. I urge you eagerly to preserve
that unity which the... [ Continue Reading ]
So then, I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to behave yourselves in
a way that is worthy of the calling with which you are called. I urge
you to behave with all humility, and gentleness, and patience. I urge
you to bear with one another in love. I urge you eagerly to preserve
that unity which the... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10)
With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians
1:1-23; Ephesians 2:1-22; Ephesians 3:1-21 Paul has dealt with the
great and eternal truths of the Christian faith, and with the function
of the Church in the plan of God. Now he be... [ Continue Reading ]
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called with
one hope of your calling. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in
all.
Paul goes on to set down the basis on which Christian unity is
founded.
(i) There is on... [ Continue Reading ]
To each one of you grace has been given, as it has been measured out
to you by the free gift of Christ. Therefore scripture says, "He
ascended into the height and brought his captive band of prisoners,
and gave gifts to men." (When it says that "he ascended," what else
can it mean than that he also... [ Continue Reading ]
And he gave to the Church some as apostles, and some as prophets, and
some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers. This he did
that God's consecrated people should be fully equipped, that the work
of service might go on, and that the body of Christ should be built
up. And this is to go on... [ Continue Reading ]
All this must be done so that we should no longer be infants in the
faith, wave-tossed and blown hither and thither by every wind of
teaching. by the clever trickery of men, by cunning cleverness
designed to make us take a wandering way. Instead of that it is all
designed to make us cherish the trut... [ Continue Reading ]
I say this and I solemnly lay it upon you in the Lord--you must no
longer live the kind of life the Gentiles live, for their minds are
concerned with empty things; their understandings are darkened; they
are strangers from the life God gives, because of the ignorance that
is in them and because of t... [ Continue Reading ]
So then strip yourselves of falsehood, and let each of you speak the
truth with his neighbour, because we are all members of the same body.
Be angry--but be angry in such a way that your anger is not a sin. Do
not let the sun set on your wrath, and do not give the devil any
opportunity. Let him who... [ Continue Reading ]