Ephesians 4:1-20

III. THE CHRISTIAN’S CONDUCT 4:1-6:20

Practical application (chs. 4-6) now follows doctrinal instruction (chs. 1-3).

"Now the apostle moves on from the new society to the new standards which are expected of it. So he turns from exposition to exhortation, from what God has done (in the indicative), to what we must be and do (in the imperative), from doctrine to duty, . . . from mind-stretching theology to its down-to-earth, concrete implications in everyday living." [Note: Stott, p. 146.]