Study note

Ephesians 4:4–6

  • These 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 is especially present in the lives of believers (see 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:27; compare John 14:16–17, 23; 15:4–5).