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Ephesians 4:1-7 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 4 · verses 1–7
1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.Ephesians 4:1-7 · King James Version
Ephesians 4:1-7 in context
1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Commentary
Cross references
- Colossians 1:10
- Philippians 1:27
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
- 2 Peter 1:3
- 2 Timothy 1:9
- 1 Corinthians 4:16
- 2 Thessalonians 1:11
- Colossians 3:12-13
- 1 Corinthians 13:7
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
- Matthew 11:29
Key words (Strong's)
- longsufferingmakrothymiapatience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance, patience, forbearance…G3115 →
- Endeavouringspoudazōto hasten, make haste, to exert one's self, endeavour, give diligenceG4704 →
- forbearinganechōto hold up, to hold one s self erect and firm, to sustain, to bear, to endureG430 →
- wherewithhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- lowlinesstapeinophrosynēthe having a humble opinion of one's self, a deep sense of one's littleness, modesty…G5012 →
- prisonerdesmiosbound, in bonds, a captive, a prisonerG1198 →
- vocationklēsisa calling, calling to, a call, invitation, to a feast, of the divine invitation to…G2821 →
- meeknesspraotēsgentleness, mildness, meeknessG4236 →
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This is a general exhortation to walk as becomes our Christian profession. Paul was now a prisoner at Rome; and he was the prisoner of the Lord, or in the Lord, which signifies as much as for the Lord. See of this, Eph 3:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary