Having seen all we are and all we have in the risen Lord Jesus, Paul urges us to live a life worthy of God’s calling. This means guarding the unity we have in our local church family. This unity we did not create ourselves but was given by God. Our responsibility is to be eager to protect that unity by loving each other as Jesus loves us.
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
