Ephesians 4:6

one God and Father of all The ultimate Source of spiritual unity. Baptism seals faith, faith unites to the Lord Christ, Christ reveals the Father as "the only true God" (John 17:3), with Whom He, one with His Church, is eternally one. "Of all" :here, obviously, all believers. Other aspects of Divine Fatherhood are not here in question. See above on Ephesians 1:2. And cp. on this Ephesians 4: 1 Corinthians 8:6.

above all, &c. The thought in these clauses progresses downwards and inwards. The Eternal Father, in His Son, supremely presides "overall" His regenerate children, carries out action "through" them, and dwells "in" them. On the last word see Ephesians 2:22; 2Co 6:16-18; 1 John 4:12; 1 John 4:16. "In you all" :there is clear evidence for the omission of "you"; considerable evidence for the reading "us"; but a preponderance, chiefly of patristic quotations, against any pronoun. The context however is clear for the special reference to the Church. The power and immanence of God in the Universe would be only a remote plea for Christian union.