Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 4:1

"I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called," — Ephesians 4:1 (ASV)

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you...

Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who, for Christ's sake, has lost his liberty, and who for that reason pleads with his fellow Christians: I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you —

That ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

"Do not dishonour the good cause, let not your lives bring disgrace upon Christ; if you are called Christians, be Christians."

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

"You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with Christ, you are called to be kings and priests to God; this is the highest possible vocation that anyone can have, so walk worthy of it." O beloved, if we walk worthy of this vocation, what holy and noble lives we shall lead! The apostle so much desired godliness and holiness to be the characteristics of those to whom he wrote that he used a very strong term of entreaty: I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.