Ephesians 4:1-13 ESV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:1

The prisoner of the Lord; in the Lord, a Hebraism: it is as much as, for the Lord: see Ephesians 3:1. Beseech you that ye walk worthy; proceed constantly and perseveringly in such ways as suit with and become your calling, 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 1 Peter 1:15; see the like expression, Romans 16:2. Of the vocation wherewith ye are called; both your general calling, whereby ye are called to be saints, and your particular callings, to which ye are severally called, as Ephesians 5:1-33 and Ephesians... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:2

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; Colossians 3:12,Colossians 3:13. And meekness; whereby we are not easily provoked, or offended with the infirmities of others: this is opposed to peevishness, as the former to pride. With long-suffering; whereby we bear with greater or repeated injuries, 2 Corinthians 6:6. Forbearing one another; or... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:3

The unity of the Spirit; either unity of mind, or spiritual unity, as being wrought by the Spirit, and then he means that unity he spoke of, Ephesians 2:14-16, and Ephesians 3:6, whereby is intended the mystical body of Christ. In the bond of peace; i.e. in peace as the bond which keeps the members or parts of the church together, which by dissensions are dissipated and scattered. The first step to this unity is humility, for where that is not, there will be no meekness nor forbearance, without... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:4

There is one body; i.e. the church of Christ, Ephesians 1:23; see Colossians 3:15. And one Spirit; the self-same Spirit of Christ in that body by which all the members live and act, 1 Corinthians 12:11,1 Corinthians 12:13. Even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one inheritance in heaven, to the hope of which ye are called, Colossians 1:12. Hope, for the thing hoped for, as Colossians 1:5; see 1 Peter 1:3,1 Peter 1:4. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:5

One Lord; Christ, viz. as Redeemer, Head, and Husband of the church, to whom, by God’s appointment, she is immediately subject, 1 Corinthians 8:6; John 13:13; Acts 2:36. One faith; i.e. one object of the faith of all believers, viz. the doctrine of salvation, which is but one. One baptism; both as to the outward symbol, and the thing signified by it. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:6

One God; God is here taken personally for the Father, the other two Persons being before mentioned, Ephesians 4:4,Ephesians 4:5. And Father of all; of all believers. Who is above all; not only in the excellencies of his nature, but especially in his sovereign dominion over the church. And through all; by his special providence, through all the members of the church. And in you all; by inhabitation, and the conjunction of believers with him. Though the former two may be applied to God’s... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:7

But unto every one of us is given grace; either by grace he means gifts which are not common to all believers, but proper to some, according to their various functions and places in the church, Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:11. Or rather, more generally, it comprehends also those graces which are common to all believers as such, faith, hope, love, zeal, &c.; which though they are of the same kind in all, and have the same object, yet they are received in different degrees and measures.... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:8

Wherefore he saith; the psalmist. When he; Christ, God manifested in the flesh: and then what was spoken by the psalmist prophetically in the second person, is spoken by the apostle historically in the third. Ascended up on high; Christ ascended up on high after his death, both as to place, in his human nature, into heaven; and chiefly as to his state, in his being glorified. He led captivity captive; either led those captive who had taken us captive, or rather led them captive whom he had... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:9

Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first? The apostle interprets the psalmist, and concludes that David, when he foretold Christ’s glorification, or ascending up to heaven, did likewise foresee his humiliation and descent to the earth: q.d. When David speaks of God in the flesh ascending up on high, he doth thereby imply, that he should first descend to the earth. Into the lower parts of the earth; either simply the earth, as the lowest part of the visible world, and so... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:10

He that descended is the same also that ascended: he saith not, he that ascended is the same that descended, lest it should not be thought that Christ brought his body with him from heaven; but, on the contrary, he that descended is the same that ascended, to show that the Son of God did not by his descent become other than what he was, nor the assumption of the human nature add any thing to his person, as a man is not made another person by the clothes he puts on. Christ descended without... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:10

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