The churches in surrounding Ephesian were given the appeal to change the way they lived their lives. Apostle Paul stressed the necessity of the body to be united to build itself up through love. Therefore, Paul exhorted the churches to live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us. Paul stress that through love the body would become united. Through this unity of love, the body would continue to grow in harmony. Paul indicated that maturity and growing faith would be evident by truth and love. He stressed that believers are to become mature so that they will not be carried away by erroneous teaching. In this passage, Paul described immaturity as being “tossed back and forth” and “blown here and there” that is, being easily confused and deceived by false teachings. ARGUMENT:
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Living the truth in love is both the means of growth and the result of growth (Arnold 207). As we live out our encounter in Christ, his qualities will become more evident in our lives and we will be more like him. Being like Christ, we would share in each other’s lives as the body does the work of building its self-up. Taking into account the act of “building” in this passage, the term refers to “restoring”, therefore believers would restore each other as they care for one another and being expressed through everyday interactions and the evidence for maturity of
Living the truth in love is both the means of growth and the result of growth (Arnold 207). As we live out our encounter in Christ, his qualities will become more evident in our lives and we will be more like him. Being like Christ, we would share in each other’s lives as the body does the work of building its self-up. Taking into account the act of “building” in this passage, the term refers to “restoring”, therefore believers would restore each other as they care for one another and being expressed through everyday interactions and the evidence for maturity of