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Ephesians 4 — Sermon Preparation
Paul calls for unity in the body, explains how Christ's gifts equip the church for growth, and urges believers to put off the old self and put on the new. Below is a research summary for Ephesians 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Ephesians 4 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εἷς | heîs | G1520 | 9 | a, abundantly, man, one |
| μέτρον | métron | G3358 | 3 | measure |
| οἰκοδομή | oikodomḗ | G3619 | 3 | building, edify |
| σῶμα | sōma | G4983 | 4 | bodily, body, slave |
| μηκέτι | mēkéti | G3371 | 3 | any longer, henceforth, hereafter, no henceforward |
| ἑνότης | henótēs | G1775 | 2 | unity |
| πνεῦμα | pneûma | G4151 | 4 | ghost, life, spirit, mind |
How preachers through history handled this text
37 public-domain excerpts on Ephesians 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Unto every believer is given some gift of grace, for their mutual help. All is given as seems best to Christ to bestow upon every one. He received for them, that he might give to them, a large measure of gifts and graces; particularly the gift of the Holy Ghost. Not a mere head knowledge, or bare acknowledging Christ to be the Son of God, but such as brings trust and obedience. There is a fulness in Christ, and a measure of that fulness given in the counsel of God to every believer; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Ephesians 4:7–16 (Public Domain)
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