Ephesians 4:6
jOne God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
εἷς Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων, καὶ διὰ πάντων, καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν ὑμῖν.
Textual key: ‘you’ [‘in you all’]
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Malachi 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
1 Corinthians 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Psalms 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Daniel 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Romans 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
God is here taken personally for the Father, the other two Persons being before mentioned, Eph 4:4,5.
of all believers.
not only in the excellencies of his nature, but especially in his sovereign dominion over the church.
by his special providence, through all the members of the church.
by inhabitation, and the conjunction of believers with him. Though the former two may be applied to God’s universal dominion and providence over all the creatures, yet, the apostle speaking of the conjunction of believers in one Father, they are both to be restrained according to this last clause.