The Bond of Peace

The 2026 Berean series focuses on the Seven Ones of Ephesians 4:4-6. Each of the Seven Ones has one essay focusing on the topic itself (whether body, or faith, or Lord, etc.) and a second essay focusing on the singularity of that particular topic. For instance, the first of the Seven Ones in Ephesians 4:4 is "one body," and the two essays on the topic of "one body" focus on each of these terms (in reverse order). The first essay will treat the concept of the body. What is this body? What significance does it have? What does the New Testament say about it? The second essay will treat the one-ness of the body. Why does Paul think it is significant that there is only one body? Where there, or are there, people who think there are multiple bodies? How does the one-ness of the body serve Paul's point in Ephesians 4? The other Ones in Ephesians 4:4-6 are treated in the same way, with two essays each.