What happensPermalink
Now that Jews and Gentiles share one body, Paul urges believers to live lives worthy of this calling, with humility, gentleness, patience, and love, maintaining the unity given by the Spirit. There is one body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God. Yet within this unity, Christ—who descended to earth and ascended above the heavens—gives varied gifts to His people so that the church may grow strong and mature under Him, its Head.
Why it mattersPermalink
This chapter forms the hinge of Ephesians: chapters 1–3 explain what God has done in Christ; chapters 4–6 call believers to live it out. The church, united under Christ its Head, becomes the visible expression of God’s reconciling plan: one body reflecting one Lord.
Key versePermalink
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,