Bible Strands
Ephesians 4:6
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul, writing to the Ephesians (and a wider circle), lists the "ones" that bind the body together (vv. 3–6) before turning to the distribution of gifts (v. 7).
The words — εἷς (heis, "one") is the same word that opens v. 5 ("one Lord, one faith, one baptism"), marking a deliberate parallel rather than a casual summary. πᾶντων (pantōn, "of all") appears twice in the Greek, pressing the scope to its limit.
The thread — Romans 11:36 runs the same triad (from, through, to Him); 1 Corinthians 8:6 pairs "one God, the Father" with "one Lord"; Malachi 2:10 grounds the appeal in "one Father."
Why it lands — The verse locates the unity Paul demands not in human effort but in the scope of God's own activity; the reader is asked to stop treating "one" as a slogan and treat it as a claim about what God is doing.
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The Greek words
King James Version
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Cross-references
- Romans 11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
- Malachi 2:10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
- Galatians 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- John 20:17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Galatians 4:3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
- 1 John 3:24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- Revelation 4:8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- Matthew 6:9 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- 1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.