Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Ephesians 4:4-6

There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you were called--one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

There is one body
Romans 12:5 ... so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

and one Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

just as you were called to one hope when you were called
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

one Lord
1 Corinthians 8:6 ... yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

one God and Father of all
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
Zechariah 14:9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

who is over all and through all and in all
Romans 11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

NOTES:
One hope, different aspects
Ephesians 1:5 ... he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- ...
Ephesians 1:10 ... to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and earth together under one head, even Christ.
Ephesians 2:7 ... in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

One baptism
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Read Romans 8

Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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