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being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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Unity: A Gift to Be Guarded
Commentators clarify that Christian unity is not something believers create from scratch, but a spiritual reality already given by the Holy Spirit. The verse calls for diligent effort to keep or maintain this pre-existing oneness, recognizing that it is valuable but difficult to preserve amidst natural human differences.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The unity of the Spirit. A united spirit, or oneness of spirit. This does not refer to the fact that there is one Holy Spirit, but it refe…
The unity (την ενοτητα). Late and rare word (from εις, one), in Aristotle and Plutarch, though in N.T. only here and verse 13.
19th Century
Anglican
Ephesians 4:12–16 returns from the diversity of functions to the singleness of object—namely, the perfecting of individual souls in the…
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Baptist
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:3)
That is a living ligature which bind…
The absence of these qualities may jeopardize Christian unity. That is why Paul presses his readers to exert all their powers to maintain the onene…
16th Century
Protestant
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit. With good reason does he recommend forbearance, as tending to promote the unity of the Spirit…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit That is, a spiritual union: there is an union between God and his peopl…
Nothing is urged more earnestly in the Scriptures than to walk in a manner worthy of those called to Christ's kingdom and glory. By lowliness, unde…
