4 There is one body and one Spirit 4:4 Rm 12:4–5; 1Co 10:17; 12:9,12–13; Eph 2:16,18; Col 3:15 — just as you were called to one hope 4:4 Lit called in one hope, 4:4 Ac 26:6–7; 28:20; Rm 5:2; 8:23–25; Eph 1:18; Col 1:5; 1Th 1:3 at your calling — 5 one Lord, 4:5 1Co 1:13; 8:6 one faith, 4:5 Jd 3 one baptism, 6 one God 4:6 Dt 6:4 and Father 4:6 Mt 5:16; 11:27; Lk 11:13; Jn 8:42 of all, who is above all and through all and in all. 4:6 Ps 104:24
15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head 4:15 Col 2:10 — Christ. 16 From him the whole body, fitted and knit together 4:16 Col 2:2 by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth 4:16 Col 2:19 of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part.