Ephesians 4:5

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Summary

Ephesians 4:5

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One faith

One baptism

General references

Mark 3:24

James 2:19

Bible References

One faith

till we all arrive in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at perfect maturity, even to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

surely of the Gentiles also: seeing it is one God who will justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision also through faith.

For if he, that cometh to you, preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached; or if ye receive another Spirit which ye have not received, or another gospel which ye have not embraced, ye might indeed bear with him.

I wonder that ye are so soon removed from him who called you by the grace of Christ to another gospel: which is not another;

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.

Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for promoting the faith of God's chosen people, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness:

Remember your guides, who spake the word of God to you; whose faith imitate, considering the happy end of their conversation.

But one may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, in the righteousness of our God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

Beloved, having an earnest desire to write to you concerning the common salvation, I was under a necessity of writing to exhort you that ye would strive earnestly for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

One baptism

Go ye therefore and instruct all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,

Know ye not, that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?

so also is the mystical body of Christ; for by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, (whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free) and are all made to drink into one Spirit:

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

and the powers of the gospel-age, and yet fall away, should be renewed again to repentance: since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and make an open example of Him.

The resemblance of which, even baptism, doth also now save us, (not the outward cleansing of filth from the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

General references

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:

Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.