Ephesians 4:1

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Summary

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Beseech

Vocation

General references

1 Corinthians 16:14

Philippians 1:13

Bible References

Beseech

“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the Lord in what I am telling you, so it may go well for you and you can live.

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.

I beg you, brothers: Become like me, for I also became like you. You have not wronged me;

I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.

So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

Vocation

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope

at your calling—

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

And in view of this, we always pray for you that our God will consider you worthy of His calling, and will, by His power, fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith,

He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

Therefore, holy brothers and companions in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession;

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

Now the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little.

His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.

General references

Your every action must be done with love.

so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is in the cause of Christ.