Ephesians 4:4

Ephesians 4:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
• English Standard Version (ESV)There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
• New Living Translation (NLT)For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.

Context of Ephesians 4:4

2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Ephesians 4:4 word by word

ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν πνεῦμα καθὼς καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς κλήσεως ὑμῶν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• ye are calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• hopeἐλπίςelpis · hopeG1680
• of yourσύsu · youG4771
• callingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• callingκλῆσιςklēsis · callingG2821

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:4

• Ephesians 2:16and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
• Ephesians 5:30for we are members of his body.
• Romans 12:4For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
• 1 Corinthians 10:17Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
• 1 Corinthians 12:12Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
• Colossians 3:15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
• Ephesians 2:18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
• 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:4For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
• Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
• Ephesians 1:18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
• Jeremiah 14:8You who are the hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?
• Jeremiah 17:7“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
• Acts 15:11No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
• Colossians 1:5the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel

Commentaries on Ephesians 4:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4There is one body - Viz. of Christ, which is his Church. One Spirit - The Holy Ghost, who animates this body. One hope - Of everlasting glory, to which glory ye have been called by the preaching of the Gospel; through which ye have become the body of Christ, instinct with the energy of the Holy Ghost.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4There is one body - One church - for so the word “body” means here - denoting the body of Christ; see the notes on Romans 12:5; compare notes on Ephesians 1:23. The meaning here is, that as there is really but one church on earth, there ought to be unity. The church is, at present, divided into many denominations. It has different forms of worship, and different rites and ceremonies. It embraces those of different complexions and ranks in life, and it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6These three verses might come from an early Christian creed (a formal statement of beliefs). These verses emphasize the unity that all believers share. Despite their ethnic differences, Jewish and non-Jewish Christians have one Lord and one faith. Because of this, they should live together in unity. Christ's one body is the church (see 1:23; 2:16). one God and Father of all: (see 1 Corinthians 8:6; 15:28). who is over all and through all and in all: God…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. In the apostle's creed, the article as to THE Church properly follows that as to THE Holy Ghost. To the Trinity naturally is annexed the Church, as the house to its tenant, to God His temple, the state to its founder [Augustine, Enchiridion, c. 15]. There is yet to be a Church, not merely potentially, but actually catholic or world-wide; then the Church and the world will be co-extensive. Rome falls into inextricable error by setting up a mere man as a…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 4:4

• Church
• Holy Spirit
• Hope
• Man

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Calling
• Communion
• Compact
• Dark
• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Forbear
• Grieve
• Hope
• Lasciviousness

Commentaries on Ephesians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings