[OBW]

Ephesians 4:3-6 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Some important "ones" starting in verse 4. But I note that the predecessor verse speaks of us making effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. It would appear that the "ones" are provided as evidence that the thing that brings us together is One. So we should make efforts to be unified in a bond of peace.

Funny thing that it doesn't say "through the unity of doctrine," or "through the unity of form." And we know that the Jewish churches were different than the Gentile churches. And the mixed churches were even more interestingly different.

But they were all churches. And there is a record of some giving to the aid of others who were of different race and nationality. So the unifying factor is the Spirit. And we exercise our unity through the bond of peace. And, lest we forget, we are reminded that there are not two Christs. There are not two faiths. We don't get different baptisms (even if we may handle the water differently). There is only one God and he is the Father.

(And that last one is quite interesting since it seems that despite the verses that make it abundantly clear that Jesus is God, and the Spirit is God, when scripture says "God," it seems to be mostly speaking of the Father. I'm not suggesting anything one way or the other about it. Just noting that no one really seems to have it all down so well that we can declare a doctrine of the Trinity with great certainty.)

And yet, as ZNP has aptly pointed out, somehow Nee and Lee were certain that there is a ground of the church despite no such words in scripture upon which to start the question as to whether they might or might not be correct.