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Ephesians 4:5 — King James Version← Study notes

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,


Ephesians 4:5Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 4:56 words
GreekMeaning
εἷςheis
oneadjectiveG1519
κύριοςkyrios
LordnounG2962
μίαmia
oneadjectiveG1519
πίστιςpistis
faithnounG4102
ἓνhen
oneadjectiveG1519
βάπτισμαbaptisma
baptismnounG908
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:5

The love Paul requires of us is no common love, but that which cements us together, and makes us cleave inseparably to one another, and effects as great and as perfect a union as though it were between limb and limb. For this is that love which produces great and glorious fruits. Hence he says, there is “one body”; one, both by sympathy, and by not opposing the good of others, and by sharing their joy, having expressed all at once by this figure. He then beautifully adds,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 11 on Ephesians
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Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal. God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, yet chosen. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is ...
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