Wednesday Night

Ephesians 4:1–6 NKJV

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Ephesians 3:14–4:6 NKJV

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

LOWLINESS Unworthy of king’s presence, . Centurion’s lowly attitude, . Supreme example of lowliness, . See Humility.

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LONGSUFFERING (Noun and Verb) A. Noun. makrothumia (μακροθυμία, 3115), “forbearance, patience, longsuffering” (makros, “long,” thumos, “temper”), is usually rendered “longsuffering,” ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; “patience” in and . See PATIENCE, and Note under FORBEAR.¶ B. Verb. makrothumeo (μακροθυμέω, 3114), akin to A, “to be patient, longsuffering, to bear with,” lit., “to be long-tempered,” is rendered by the verb “to be longsuffering” in , RV (KJV, “bear long”); in , RV (KJV, “be patient”); so in , ; in , KJV and RV, “is longsuffering.” See BEAR, No. 14, ENDURE, PATIENT, SUFFER. Note: “Longsuffering is that quality of selfrestraint in the face of provocation which does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish; it is the opposite of anger, and is associated with mercy, and is used of God, (Sept.); ; Pet. …

HUMBLENESS OF MIND, HUMILITY tapeinophrosune (ταπεινοφροσύνη, 5012), “lowliness of mind” (tapeinos, see A, above, under HUMBLE, and phren, “the mind”), is rendered “humility of mind” in , KJV (RV, “lowliness of mind”); in , “lowliness”; in , “lowliness of mind”; in , , of a false “humility”; in , KJV, “humbleness of mind,” RV, “humility”; , “humility.” See LOWLINESS.¶

lowliness- not a diminishing of me, rather not exalting yourself at the detriment of another.

gen•tle•ness \ˈjen-təl-nəs\ noun 14th century: the quality or state of being gentle especially: mildness of manners or disposition.

when we talk about the unity of unity of the spirit the only person I can control is myself.

if i am not my function then i am a person.

if i am then a person then i realize that others are people to.

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in the scripture says (NKJV) 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

lowliness is humility are value giving commodities.

3115 μακροθυμία [makrothumia /mak·roth·oo·mee·ah/] n f. From the same as 3116; TDNT 4:374; TDNTA 550; GK 3429; 14 occurrences; AV translates as “longsuffering” 12 times, and “patience” twice. 1 patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance. 2 patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs. Additional Information: For synonyms see entry 5281, hupomone.See entry 5861 for comparison of synonyms.

5012 ταπεινοφροσύνη [tapeinophrosune /tap·i·nof·ros·oo·nay/] n f. From a compound of 5011 and the base of 5424; TDNT 8:1; TDNTA 1152; GK 5425; Seven occurrences; AV translates as “humility” three times, “humbleness of mind” once, “humility of mind” once, “lowliness” once, and “lowliness of mind” once. 1 the having a humble opinion of one’s self. 2 a deep sense of one’s (moral) littleness. 3 modesty, humility, lowliness of mind.

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MEEK, MEEKNESS A. Adjective. praus or praos (πραΰς, 4239) denotes “gentle, mild, meek”; for its significance see the corresponding noun, below, B. Christ uses it of His own disposition, ; He gives it in the third of His Beatitudes, 5:5; it is said of Him as the King Messiah, 21:5, from ; it is an adornment of the Christian profession, .¶ Cf. epios, “gentle, of a soothing disposition,” ; .¶ B. Nouns. 1. prautes, or praotes, an earlier form, (πραΰτης, 4240) denotes “meekness.” In its use in Scripture, in which it has a fuller, deeper significance than in nonscriptural Greek writings, it consists not in a person’s “outward behavior only; nor yet in his relations to his fellow-men; as little in his mere natural disposition. Rather it is an inwrought grace of the soul; and the exercises of it are first and chiefly towards God. It is that temper of spirit in which we accept His dealings with us as good, and therefore without disputing …

μακροθυμίας, makrothymias,

ταπεινοφροσύνης tapeinophrosynēs

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μακροθυμία makrothymiaforbearance; patience

ταπεινοφροσύνη tapeinophrosynēhumility

4236 πραότης, πραϋπαθία [praotes /prah·ot·ace/] n f. From 4235; GK 4554 and 4557; Nine occurrences; AV translates as “meekness” nine times. 1 gentleness, mildness, meekness.

μακροθυμεω makrothymeō be patient

φρην phrēn understanding

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NGSF noun, genitive, singular, feminine

ταπεινος tapeinos humble; lowly

gentleness NKJV, ESV, NRSV, LEB

G3115 Greek Strong’s

NGSF noun, genitive, singular, feminine

meekness KJV 1900, RSV, AV 1873

LN 25.167 Louw-Nida

G5012 Greek Strong’s

gentle NLT

patience noun

LN 88.53 Louw-Nida

Text Comparison

Letter, Community Ephesians

humility noun

πρᾳότητος, praotētos,

Body 1:15–6:20

Letter, Community Ephesians

πραΰτης prautēshumility; gentleness

Exhortation 4:1–6:20

Body 1:15–6:20

πραυς praus gentle; meek; humble

Exhortation, Community 4:1–3

Exhortation 4:1–6:20

NGSF noun, genitive, singular, feminine

Figure of Speech

Exhortation, Community 4:1–3

G4236 Greek Strong’s

Name: Correspondence

Figure of Speech

LN 88.59 Louw-Nida

Longacre Genre

Name: Correspondence

gentleness noun

Primary: Behavioral: Hortatory

Longacre Genre

Figure of Speech

Secondary: Expository: What things are or were like

Primary: Behavioral: Hortatory

Name: Correspondence

Semantic Feature

Secondary: Expository: What things are or were like

Longacre Genre

Category: Manner

Semantic Feature

Primary: Behavioral: Hortatory

Baptism, Calling, Church: Fellowship and Unity, Church: Nature, Commitment, Discipleship, Encouragement, Faith, God: Father, God: Sovereignty, God: Trinity, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Love, Obedience and Disobedience, Patience

Category: Manner

Secondary: Expository: What things are or were like

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Baptism, Calling, Church: Fellowship and Unity, Church: Nature, Commitment, Discipleship, Encouragement, Faith, God: Father, God: Sovereignty, God: Trinity, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Love, Obedience and Disobedience, Patience

Semantic Feature

But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

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Category: Manner

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But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Baptism, Calling, Church: Fellowship and Unity, Church: Nature, Commitment, Discipleship, Encouragement, Faith, God: Father, God: Sovereignty, God: Trinity, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Love, Obedience and Disobedience, Patience

so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

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so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

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Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

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Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

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Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

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For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

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Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

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if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.