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Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

But now this morning I want you to turn to the fourth chapter of Ephesians.

We have been in Ephesians now for the last week or so, and we're going to go back to it.

And we're talking about this particular section of verses one through six.

So let me read it for you, Ephesians four, one through six.

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling

with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing

tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the

bond of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is overall and through

all and in all.

Now last time we introduced this passage and I told you at the time that it's a very, very

important transitional passage as indicated by the word therefore at the beginning of

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