Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV / 11 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
To walk in the Spirit means that we yield to His control, we follow His lead, and we allow Him to exert His influence over us. To walk in the Spirit is the opposite of resisting Him or grieving Him ( Ephesians 4:30 ). Galatians 5 examines the work of the Holy Spirit in the believer. The context is freedom from the Law of Moses ( Galatians 5:1 ). Verse 21. - For even hereunto were ye called; that is, to do good and to suffer patiently (comp. 1 Thessalonians 3:3).Omit "even," for which there is no authority. St. Peter is speaking of slaves, but what he says of slaves is true in some sense of all Christians (comp. Acts 14 MXS3yk2.