Christ gave every believer the gift of grace to be able to live out Ephesians 4:1-2. We certainly need the grace! Also implied is that each of us is given a grace gift from Christ, a spiritual gift, to enable us to serve the church.
The “but” (de, 4:7) is a strong adversative that means to the contrary or on the other hand. Verses 1-6 deal with the unity of the church, “but” within this unity there is a great diversity of spiritual gifts, all given to help unify the church. There is the “each one” (4:7) versus the “all” (4:6). “Paul thus moves from the unity of believers to the uniqueness of believers” (MacArthur, p. 134).
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Stephen Atkerson helps church leaders discover simple growth strategies that Jesus gave the early church. For over 30 years, he has worked with evangelists, missionaries, church planters, and pastors in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa. He is one of the pastors of a Baptist...
