Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Here we have the same word for prisoner as in the last chapter. I should mention that prisoner is fine translation for this word I just wanted to point out that the word means bound to. The word vocation is the Greek word klēsis It means to have a calling. We are to walk worthy of our calling. What does that mean? We all this first means that we heard God's call like it talks about in 1 Timothy 2:4. When we got saved we were given certain abilities and we are to use them for the benefit of the body of Christ 1 Corinthians 12:12 ff, Matthew 10;8, and 1 Corinthians 14:5. This involves operations of all 9 manifestations. The word are can also be translated were. We were called in the past tense. 2 With all lowlines as and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; The word lowlines means we are to keep our mind...
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