Ephesians 4:1
I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2With all humility and gentleness and long-suffering forbear with one another in love;
Cross References
Romans 8:28Now we know that all things continually work together for good to to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16I beg you then to imitate my example.
2 Corinthians 6:1As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Galatians 4:12Brothers, I beseech you, become as I am, because I also have become as you are. You never did me any wrong;
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:1
We have gone through the former part of this epistle, which consists of several important doctrinal truths, contained in the three preceding chapters. We enter now on the latter part of it, in which we have the most weighty and serious exhortations that can be given. We may observe that in this, as in most others of Paul's epistles, the former part is doctrinal, and fitted to inform the minds of men in the great truths and doctrines of the gospel, the latter is practical, and designed for the direction of their… Read the whole commentary →