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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 4:13 - 4:13
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come in - rather, “attain unto.” Alford expresses the Greek order, “Until we arrive all of us at the unity,” etc.
faith and ... knowledge - Full unity of faith is then found, when all alike thoroughly know Christ, the object of faith, and that in His highest dignity as “the Son of God” [De Wette] (Eph 3:17, Eph 3:19; 2Pe 1:5). Not even Paul counted himself to have fully “attained” (Phi 3:12-14). Amidst the variety of the gifts and the multitude of the Church’s members, its “faith” is to be ONE: as contrasted with the state of “children carried about with EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE.” (Eph 4:14).
perfect man - unto the full-grown man (1Co 2:6; Phi 3:15; Heb 5:14); the maturity of an adult; contrasted with children (Eph 4:14). Not “perfect men”; for the many members constitute but one Church joined to the one Christ.
stature, etc. - The standard of spiritual “stature” is “the fullness of Christ,” that is, which Christ has (Eph 1:23; Eph 3:19; compare Gal 4:19); that the body should be worthy of the Head, the perfect Christ.