I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1 – 3
We can take this encouragement from Paul to the Ephesians personally as it applies to us today. We are reminded to live as examples of Christ, and to be at peace with one another. Paul is not implying that we have to keep the peace at the cost of denying or ignoring the Word of God. There are some people who want to argue that Jesus isn’t who He said He is, and that we should disregard what the Bible tells us. One way we prove them wrong is to walk worthy of the calling with which we were called. We remain humble and bear with them in love, but we don’t compromise our belief.
The unity of the Spirit is revealed in the truth of the Word of God. We can agree with our brothers and sisters in Christ about who Jesus is, and how we are saved by His sacrificial offering on the cross. When we agree on the essentials, the non-essentials of our faith don’t get in the way of our unity with the brethren in the bond of peace.