Teks -- Ephesians 4:5 (NET)

4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Eph 4:5 - One Lord

One Lord ( heis Kurios ).

The Lord Jesus Christ and he alone (no series of aeons).

Robertson: Eph 4:5 - One faith

One faith ( mia pistis ).

One act of trust in Christ, the same for all (Jew or Gentile), one way of being saved.

Robertson: Eph 4:5 - One baptism

One baptism ( hen baptisma ).

The result of baptizing (baptisma ), while baptismos is the act. Only in the N.T. (baptismos in Josephus) and ecclesiastical writers naturally. See note on Mar 10:38. There is only one act of baptism for all (Jews and Gentiles) who confess Christ by means of this symbol, not that they are made disciples by this one act, but merely so profess him, put Christ on publicly by this ordinance.

Vincent: Eph 4:5 - Faith

Faith

The principle of faith; not that which is believed - the body of Christian doctrine, which does not promote unity. See on Act 6:7.

Vincent: Eph 4:5 - Baptism

Baptism

The external sign of faith, but of no significance without the Lord and the faith. Baptism is emphasized instead of the Eucharist, because the latter assumes and recognizes unity as an established fact; while faith and baptism precede that fact, and are essential to it. Baptism, moreover, is not administered to the Church as a body, but to individuals, and therefore emphasizes the exhortation to each member to be in vital union with the whole body.

Wesley: Eph 4:5

One outward baptism.

JFB: Eph 4:5

Similarly "faith" and "baptism" (the sacramental seal of faith) are connected (Mar 16:16; Col 2:12). Compare 1Co 12:13, "Faith" is not here that which we believe, but the act of believing, the mean by which we apprehend the "one Lord." "Baptism" is specified, being the sacrament whereby we are incorporated into the "one body." Not the Lord's Supper, which is an act of matured communion on the part of those already incorporate, "a symbol of union, not of unity" [ELLICOTT]. In 1Co 10:17, where a breach of union was in question, it forms the rallying point [ALFORD]. There is not added, "One pope, one council, one form of government" [Cautions for Times]. The Church is one in unity of faith (Eph 4:5; Jud 1:3); unity of origination (Eph 2:19-21): unity of sacraments (Eph 4:5; 1Co 10:17; 1Co 12:13): unity of "hope" (Eph 4:4; Tit 1:2); unity of charity (Eph 4:3): unity (not uniformity) of discipline and government: for where there is no order, no ministry with Christ as the Head, there is no Church [PEARSON, Exposition of the Creed, Article IX].

Clarke: Eph 4:5 - One Lord

One Lord - Jesus Christ, who is the governor of this Church

Clarke: Eph 4:5 - One faith

One faith - One system of religion, proposing the same objects to the faith of all

Clarke: Eph 4:5 - One baptism

One baptism - Administered in the name of the holy Trinity; indicative of the influences, privileges, and effects of the Christian religion.

Calvin: Eph 4:5 - One Lord // One baptism,

5.One Lord In the first Epistle to the Corinthians, he employs the word Lord, to denote simply the government of God.

“There are differences of administration, but the same Lord.”
(1Co 12:5)

In the present instance, as he shortly afterwards makes express mention of the Father, he gives this appellation strictly to Christ, who has been appointed by the Father to be our Lord, and to whose government we cannot be subject, unless we are of one mind. The frequent repetition of the word one is emphatic. Christ cannot be divided. Faith cannot be rent. There are not various baptisms, but one which is common to all. God cannot cease to be one, and unchangeable. It cannot but be our duty to cherish holy unity, which is bound by so many ties. Faith, and baptism, and God the Father, and Christ, ought to unite us, so as almost to become one man. All these arguments for unity deserve to be pondered, but cannot be fully explained. I reckon it enough to take a rapid glance at the apostle’s meaning, leaving the full illustration of it to the preachers of the gospel. The unity of faith, which is here mentioned, depends on the one, eternal truth of God, on which it is founded.

One baptism, This does not mean that Christian baptism is not to be administered more than once, but that one baptism is common to all; so that, by means of it, we begin to form one body and one soul. But if that argument has any force, a much stronger one will be founded on the truth, that the Father, and Son, and Spirit, are one God; for it is one baptism, which is celebrated in the name of the Three Persons. What reply will the Arians or Sabellians make to this argument? Baptism possesses such force as to make us one; and in baptism, the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Spirit, is invoked. Will they deny that one Godhead is the foundation of this holy and mysterious unity? We are compelled to acknowledge, that the ordinance of baptism proves the existence of Three Persons in one Divine essence.

Defender: Eph 4:5 - one baptism

Whether this "one baptism" refers to Spirit baptism or water baptism has been extensively argued. Since both aspects of baptism are taught in the Bible, with water baptism being the visible sign and testimony to the Spirit's baptism, and since no modifying words or phrases are attached to the word here to identify it as one or the other, it is probable that both aspects are in view. It is implied that both go together in one unifying reality (see 1Co 12:13, note; Rom 6:3-5, note)."

TSK: Eph 4:5 - One Lord // one faith // one baptism

One Lord : Act 2:36, Act 10:36; Rom 14:8, Rom 14:9; 1Co 1:2, 1Co 1:13, 1Co 8:6, 1Co 12:5; Phi 2:11, Phi 3:8

one faith : Eph 4:13; Rom 3:30; 2Co 11:4; Gal 1:6, Gal 1:7, Gal 5:6; Tit 1:1, Tit 1:4; Heb 13:7; Jam 2:18; 2Pe 1:1; Jud 1:3, Jud 1:20

one baptism : Mat 28:19; Rom 6:3, Rom 6:4; 1Co 12:13; Gal 3:26-28; Heb 6:6; 1Pe 3:21

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Eph 4:5 - One Lord // One faith // One baptism

One Lord Christ, viz. as Redeemer, Head, and Husband of the church, to whom, by God’ s appointment, she is immediately subject, 1Co 8:6 Joh 13:13 Act 2:36 .

One faith i.e. one object of the faith of all believers, viz. the doctrine of salvation, which is but one.

One baptism both as to the outward symbol, and the thing signified by it.

PBC: Eph 4:5

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Haydock: Eph 4:5 - One faith

This contains some more reasons why Christians should love one another. We are all servants of the same God, believe the same mysteries, and receive the same sacraments, whoever may be the dispenser of them. ---

One faith. As rebellion is the bane of commonwealths and kingdoms, and peace and concord the preservation of the same; so is schism, and diversity of faith or fellowship in the service of God, the calamity of the Church: and peace, unity, and uniformity, the special blessing of God therein. St. Cyprian, in his book on the unity of the Church, writeth thus: "One Church, for one is my dove. This unity of the Church, he that holdeth not, doth he think he holdeth the faith? He that withstandeth or resisteth the Church, he that resisteth Peter's chair, upon which the Church was built, doth he trust that he is in the Church?" And again, Ep. xl. "There is one God, and one Christ, and one Church, and one chair, by our Lord's voice founded upon Peter. To set up another altar, or to constitute another priesthood, besides the one altar and the one priesthood, is impossible. Whosever gathereth elsewhere scattereth. It is adulterous, it is impious, it is sacrilegious, whatsoever is instituted by man to the breach of God's disposition. Get ye far from such men: they are blind, and leaders of the blink." St. Hilary also applies this text against the Arians thus: "Perilous and miserable is it that there are now among them as many faiths as wills, and as many doctrines as manners; whilst modes of faith are written as men will, or as they will, so are understood. Whereas the one truth teaches there is but one God, one Lord, one baptism, and also one faith: hence whilst more faiths are made, they begin by falling from that which is the only faith, and end in having no faith at all." (St. Hilary, lib. ad Constantium Augustum.)

Gill: Eph 4:5 - One Lord // One faith // One baptism

One Lord,.... The Lord Jesus Christ, who, by right of creation, is Lord of all; and by right of marriage, and redemption, is the one and only Lord of his church and people; he has betrothed them to himself, and is their husband, and so their Lord, whom they are to worship and obey; he has redeemed them, he has bought them with the price of his blood, and therefore they are not their own, but his, and should glorify him both with their bodies and souls, which are his; he is the head of his body the church, the King of saints, and Father and master of the family named of him, and therefore they ought to agree among themselves, and not be many masters, and usurp a domination over one another. The Ethiopic version reads, "one God", but that is expressed in the following verse.

One faith; there is but one grace of faith; there are indeed different sorts of faith; there is the faith of miracles, and an historical, temporary faith, but there is but one true grace of faith; and which, though it is in different subjects, and its degrees and acts are various, yet as to its nature, it is like precious faith in all; and has the same author and object, Jesus Christ, and springs from the same cause, the free grace of God, and has equally in all everlasting salvation connected with it, and consequent upon it: and there is but one doctrine of faith; the Gospel is so called, because it consists of things to be believed, is the means of implanting faith, it proposes the object to be believed in, and requires the exercise of it upon it, and should be mixed with faith whenever heard. Now this is but one, and is all of a piece, and consistent with itself, and so should the professors of it be, and love one another in the faith.

One baptism, there were divers baptisms under the law, but there is but one baptism under the Gospel; for John's and Christ's are the same: there are, besides, figurative or metaphorical ones, which are so in an improper sense, as the baptism of the Spirit, and the baptism of blood, or of sufferings; but there is but one baptism, literally and properly so called, which is water baptism; and which is to be administered in one and the same way, by immersion in water; and on one and the same subjects, believers in Christ; and in one and the same name, the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and to be performed but once, when rightly administered.