With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ver. 2. With all lowliness and meekness] These are virtutes collectaneae, as Bernard calleth them, a pair of twin sisters, never asunder.
Verse Ephesians 4:2. _WITH ALL LOWLINESS_] It is by acting as the apostle here directs that a man walks worthy of this high vocation; ταπεινοφροσυνη signifies _subjection_ or _humility of mind_. _MEE...
WITH ALL LOWLINESS - Humility; see the notes on Acts 20:19, where the same Greek word is used; compare also the following places, where the same Greek word occurs: Philippians 2:3, “in lowliness of mi...
II. THE PRACTICAL MANIFESTATION IN THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER (4-6) 1. Walking worthy of the Calling CHAPTER 4:1-6 _ 1. The walk in lowliness and meekness (Ephesians 4:1)_ 2. Keeping the unity of th...
GOD'S CALLING INVOLVES A UNITY OF LIFE. The writer, appealing to his imprisonment, beseeches his readers to walk in a fashion worthy of their calling, _i.e._ in humility, gentleness, and forbearance,...
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 patien...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
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 patien...
WITH. App-104. LOWLINESS. humility of mind. See Acts 20:19. MEEKNESS. See 1 Corinthians 4:21. FORBEARING. bearing with. See 2 Corinthians 11:1. LOVE. App-135....
_with all lowliness_ So, exactly, Acts 20:19, in St Paul's review of his own "walk" _at Ephesus_; "serving the Lord _with all lowliness_." "_With_" _:_the idea is strictly of accompaniment, attendance...
ΜΕΤἈ ΠΆΣΗΣ ΤΑΠΕΙΝΟΦΡΟΣΎΝΗΣ ΚΑῚ ΠΡΑΥ̓́ΤΗΤΟΣ. Cf. Colossians 3:12. The combination irresistibly recalls Matthew 11:29, and is perhaps a conscious echo of it. ΤΑΠΕΙΝΟΦΡΟΣΎΝΗ in Acts 20:19;...
ΤΑΠΕΙΝΟΦΡΟΣΎΝΗ (G5012) смирение, униженность. Это скромная оценка собственных способностей, и в то же время признание мощи и способностей Бога (TDNT; Trench, Synonyms, 148; NIDNTT; EDNT; RAC, 3:735ff)...
DISCOURSE: 2106 A CONSISTENT WALK ENJOINED Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekn...
WITH LONG-SUFFERING,— As there is no copulative between _meekness_ and _long-suffering,_ it seems most natural to connect the latter with the following clause, _with longsuffering forbearing one anoth...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:1-16) II. Duties. Ephesians 4:1-32; Ephesians 5:1-33; E
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; LOWLINESS, [in classic Greek, tapeinophrosunee (G5012) is meanness of spirit: the Gospel elevated the word to e...
__ Summary of the Present Grace 2 The present secret administration of which there is no hint in any Scriptures before this epistle was penned, consists essentially of three separate items, all of w...
UNITY OF THE NEW LIFE. RULES FOR THE NEW LIFE The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support exhortation. 1-6...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 4 What Paul taught in Chapter s 1-3 was first about God and his Son Jesus Christ. Then it was about th...
FORBEARING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE ... — The word rendered “endeavouring” is, in the original, a word expressing “earnestness” of thought and exertion to secure a thing not lightly obtained. (See 2 Timoth...
WITH ALL LOWLINESS AND MEEKNESS, WITH LONGSUFFERING. — See Colossians 3:12, where the same three qualities are dwelt upon, but there introduced by “compassion and kindness.” They seem to correspond al...
(1) Ephesians 4:1, although cast in a hortatory form contain the final summary of the great doctrine of the Epistle — the UNITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH — in words which have all the glowing freedom of...
CHAPTER 16 THE EXHORTATION ON CHURCH LIFE. CHAPTER 4:1-16 THE FUNDAMENTAL UNITIES Ephesians 4:1 This Encyclical of St. Paul to the Churches of Asia is the most formal and deliberate of his writings...
μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πρᾳότητος : _with all lowliness and meekness_. Statement of moral dispositions which should _attend_ their walk; μετά conveying the idea of _accompaniment, relation, ass...
With the fourth chapter begins the second main division of the Epistle. As in others of Paul's Epistles the doctrinal statement is followed by the practical enforcement of duty. Doctrinal consideratio...
KEEPING THE “UNITY OF THE SPIRIT” Ephesians 4:1 Paul here admonishes lowliness in the presence of another's excellence; meekness in suffering injury; long-suffering under provocation; forbearance tow...
The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance...
Walking Worthily Means Walking In Unity Because God had given such great blessings to those in the church and could provide even above what we might ask or think, Paul pleaded with the brethren at Eph...
(2) With all lowliness and meekness, with (b) longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; (2) Secondly, he commends the meekness of the mind, which is demonstrated by bearing with one another. (b...
(1) В¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, (2) В¶ With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one anothe...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week as we studies Chapter 3 of the book of Galatians, Paul told the Gentiles that they were equal with the Jews in Christ! 1. In fact we are all equal at the Cross! B. In C...
2._With all humility_. He now descends to particulars, and first of all he mentions _humility _The reason is, that he was about to enter on the subject of Unity, to which humility is the first step. T...
The faithful were to seek in the dispositions mentioned above to maintain this unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. There are three things in this exhortation: first, to walk worthy of their call...
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 en...
_With all lowliness_ Or humility of mind, having mean thoughts of yourselves because of your former sinfulness and guilt, depravity, weakness, and misery, and your unworthiness of that mercy which God...
APOSTOLIC ADMONITIONS TO UNITY, TO PERFECTION IN KNOWLEDGE, TO HOLINESS, AND TO PEACE. Ephesians 4:1 Paul exhorts to unity:...
WITH ALL LOWLINESS AND MEEKNESS, WITH LONG-SUFFERING, FOR BEARING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE;...
RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY (vs.1-6) In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the Church, the body of Chri...
CHAPTER 4 Even though Paul is a ______________, he still urges us to walk in our __________. This walk must be a ____________ one. What does it mean to walk worthy? Paul gives us some words to consi...
“WITH ALL LOWLINESS AND MEEKNESS, WITH LONGSUFFERING, FORBEARING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE” “With”: This is. “statement of moral dispositions which should attend their walk conveying the idea of accompanim...
1-6 Nothing is pressed more earnestly in the Scriptures, than to walk as becomes those called to Christ's kingdom and glory. By lowliness, understand humility, which is opposed to pride. By meekness,...
WITH ALL LOWLINESS, or humility; submissiveness of mind, whereby we esteem others better than ourselves, PHILIPPIANS 2:3. A virtue peculiar to Christians, unknown to philosophers: see Acts 20:19 Colos...
Cyprian Epistle LI But he could not hold the episcopate, even if he had before been made bishop, since he has cut himself off from the body of his fellow-bishops, and from the unity of the Church; si...
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EXHORTATION TO ONENESS (4:1-16). Paul calls on them therefore now to be as one, and walk worthily of their calling....
‘I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you have been called. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love. Gi...
I. WALK WORTHY OF THE CALLING IN HUMILITY AND UNITY. This brief section contains the practical theme, exhorting the readers to a walk worthy of their calling (Ephesians 4:1), naming three attendant vi...
Ephesians 4:2. WITH ALL LOWLINESS AND MEEKNESS. These two attendants of the Christian walk are closely joined. The former is humility: ‘the esteeming ourselves small, inasmuch as we are so; the thinki...
Ephesians 4:1. _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 Chri...
Ephesians 4:1. _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...
Ephesians 4:1. _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 anot...
CONTENTS: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of gifts of Christ to His Body. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul. CONCLUSION: Considering to what state and condition God has...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you_ a pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add affliction to my bonds; _that ye walk worthy of the vocation wh...
BE. "Christian ethics call you to be humble, generous, and patient always! Show that your love is real by being helpful to one another in the problems and sorrows of life....
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:1 Unity of the Body of Christ. Paul shows how to apply the truths he has been teaching. There are three subsections: vv. Ephesians 4:1,...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:2 The pagan culture of Paul’s day did not consider HUMILITY an admirable quality. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 4:1. WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION.—They had been called to life in the Spirit, and they must also “walk in the Spirit.” Ephesians 4:2. WITH ALL LOWLINESS.—Th...
EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. EPHESIANS 4:1 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY
Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is a prisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you] that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are call...
1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 13:5; 1 Corinthians 13:7; 1 Peter 3:15;...
Lowiness - meekness. See on Matthew 11:29; Matthew 5:5. Long - suffering. See on James 5:7. Forbearing [α ν ε χ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. See on Luke 9:41....
THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE Ephesians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are accus...
Having exhorted them to the practice of their general duty, namely, to WALK WORTHY OF THEIR HOLY VOCATION, in the former verse; in these two verses he presses upon them more special and particular dut...