Ephesians 4:2
Ephesians 4:2 (KJV)
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians 4:2 (Literal)
2 in all lowliness of mind and quietness with patience, holding one another up in love
Ephesians 4:2 (Expanded)
2 which is in all humility of mind, serving God and one another in meekness with great patience, holding up and sustaining one another in the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation
CONTEXT- The unity of the One Body
Ephesians 4:1-6
1 Therefore, I, a prisoner of the lord, lovingly implore you that you walk worthy of the calling wherewith you are called, 2 in all lowliness of mind and quietness with patience, holding one another up in love 3 and diligently safeguarding the unity of the spirit in the bond which is peace, 4 that you will be in one Body and in one spirit even as you are called in one Hope of your calling. 5 one lord, one faith, one
baptism, 6 one God, the Father of all, Who is above all and through all and in all.
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The Structure of Ephesians
A. Salutation and Opening (1:1, 2)
B. All Spiritual Blessings (1:3-14)
C. Prayer to God by Paul (1:15-23)
D. Seated in the Heavenlies (2:1-7)
E. God’s Works (2:8-10)
F. New Man, not Judean or Gentile (2:11-18)
G. The Temple Fitly Framed Together (2:19-22)
H. The Mystery, the One Body (3:1-13)
I. Prayer to the Father (3:14-21)
H. The unity of the One Body (4:1-6)
G. The Body Fitly Joined Together (4:7-16)
F. Putting on the New Man (4:17-32)
E. Man’s Works (5:1—6:9)
D. Standing in the Heavenlies (6:10-18)
C. Prayer to God for Paul (6:19, 20)
B. Making Known the Spiritual Blessings (6:21, 22)
A. Blessing and Closing (6:23, 24)
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