We maintain unity when we grow from the gifts Christ has distributed to us. Growing up into Christ means a greater harmony and unity in the body.

David Guzik commentary on Ephesians 4, where Paul calls the church into unity, which happens through the work of the spiritual gifts.

God has given some gifts of leadership, shepherding, teaching etc to lead the body, but all have a gift and role to play in this grand design of God.

8 мар. 2023 г. · An exegesis reveals the specifications of which God had called upon the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher to build the church.

Conclusion: Jesus Christ has showered his church with an abundance of gifts that overflow into the seats and aisles of its ministry. May every believer answer ...

21 нояб. 2018 г. · Our text today, Ephesians 4:7-16, adds one more way we are unified, through the diversity of our gifts—by all the different ways God gives us ...

27 июл. 2014 г. · In this next section of Chapter 4, verses 7-16, we are going to look deeper into how Christ has made this high calling possible for all believers.

2 мар. 2022 г. · Here Paul is saying that unity does not negate diversity of the members of the body. Every member of the body is given this grace in the form of ...

In Ephesians 4:7-16, Paul emphasizes three aspects of the body of Christ that are relevant today: unity, individuality, and hierarchy.

6 окт. 2019 г. · ... Ephesians 4:7–16. Diversity within Unity. Ephesians 4:7 marks a transition in Paul's thought from the theme of unity to the theme of diversity ...