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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4: 2 NIV
μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πρᾳότητος, μετὰ μακροθυμίας ἀνεχόμενοι ἀλλήλων ἐν ἀγάπῃ
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians 4:2 KJV
πίστις: conviction of the truth (faith)
Ephesians 4:2 Textus Receptus
βάπτισμα: immersion of calamities and afflictions with which one is quite overwhelmed (baptism)
No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are an easy mark for impostors.
get over yourselves and give each other a break, your going to need one from time to time
Ephesians 4:2 MEP
God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love Ephesians 4:11-15a
κύριος: he to whom a person or thing belongs (Master)
θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ: God and Father
who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness. Ephesians 4:5-6
like Christ in everything.
We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love. Ephesians 4:15b-16
You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly.
Ephesians 4:4 the Message
But that doesn’t mean you should all look and speak and act the same.
Ephsians 4:7 the Message
“A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Life Together
we can't miss who Paul is talking to........
to train Christ’s followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ’s body, the church, until we’re all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God’s Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ.
Ephesians 4:13
the Church