Ephesians 4:3
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
KJV
σπουδάζοντες τηρεῖν τὴν ἑνότητα τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρήνης·
Greek NT
solliciti servare unitatem Spiritus in vinculo pacis.
Vulgate
giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
ASV
Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
σπουδάζω
spoudazo
verb · 11×
σύνδεσμος
sundesmos
noun · 4×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑνότης
enotes
noun · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§814From the beginning, this one Church has been marked by a great diversity which comes from both the variety of God's gifts and the diversity of those who receive them. Within the unity of the People of God, a multiplicity of peoples and cultures is gathered together. Among the Church's members, there are different gifts, offices, conditions, and ways of life. "Holding a rightful…
§957Communion with the saints. "It is not merely by the title of example that we cherish the memory of those in heaven; we seek, rather, that by this devotion to the exercise of fraternal charity the union of the whole Church in the Spirit may be strengthened. Exactly as Christian communion among our fellow pilgrims brings us closer to Christ, so our communion with the saints joins…
Q. What do you believe concerning the holy catholic church? A. I believe that the Son of God through his Spirit and Word, out of the entire human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, protects, and preserves for himself a community chosen for eternal life and united in true faith. And of this community I am and always will be a living member.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We will that preachers and people cultivate a spirit of mutual forbearance, pray more and dispute less, and that ministers study the Scriptures carefully rather than relying on human confessions and catechisms for their theology. The Bible is sufficient for faith and practice without need of human supplements.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
- 1Cor 6:17 — But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
- 1Cor 12:12 — For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
- 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
- 1Thess 5:13 — And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
- 1Thess 5:13 — And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
- 2Cor 13:11 — Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
- Col 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
- Col 3:14 — And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
- Eccl 4:12 — And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Eph 4:4 — There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
- Eph 4:13 — Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
- Ezek 11:19 — And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
- Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- Jas 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Phil 1:27 — Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striv
- Ps 122:6 — Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
- Ps 133:1 — Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Rom 12:18 — If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
- Rom 14:17 — For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
- Rom 14:19 — Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
- Song 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they pr