Ephesians 4:5

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Ephesians 4:5

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One faith

One baptism

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Bible References

One faith

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God -- a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ's full stature.

Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel --

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight -- the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.

From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

One baptism

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.

And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you -- not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

General references

He joined five of the curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!"

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that -- and tremble with fear.