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Walk in Unity

1 I, therefore, the prisoner1 of the Lord, beseech you to awalk worthy of the calling with which you were called,  
2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit ain the bond of peace.  
4 aThere is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;  
5 aone Lord, bone faith, cone baptism;  
6 aone God and Father of all, who is above all, and bthrough all, and in you all.  

Spiritual Gifts

7 But ato each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.  
8 Therefore He says:
a“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”  
9 a(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also1 first descended into the lower parts of the earth?  
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Ephesians 4:1

Ephesians 4:1 The Unity of the Church SUMMARY OF EPHESIANS 4: The Exhortation to Unity. The Seven Bonds of Unity. The Various Gifts Given to the Church. The Offices for Its Edification. The Church Compacted in Christ. The Gentiles Called from Their Former Lives. A New and Holy Life Commanded. I, therefore. Practical duties are now urged which grow out of their glorious privileges in Christ. The prisoner of the Lord. See PNT "Eph 3:1". Compare Philemon 1:9. He was a prisoner because he was a servant of the Lord. Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. They had been called to a glorious calling, as he had shown in chapter 3. The Christian has been called to the highest calling with which man has ever been honored.




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