"One" Thoughts from Ephesians

One. We know it most commonly as the first number of all numbers. It is the first whole number of which when other ones are added you get two, three, etc. Yet, there are other ways to understand one.

One. We know it most commonly as the first number of all numbers. It is the first whole number of which when other ones are added you get two, three, etc. Yet, there are other ways to understand one. One can denote singularity instead of duplicity. Instead of two or more of something there is “one”. Another way to understand one is regarding unity, communion, and fellowship. Unity is the joining of two or more things, typically two things, but not always. In Ephesians we have numerous contexts to understand one; however, one (all pun intended) stands out. That one “one” is the joining or unity of two things together.

In Ephesians 1:10 we have things “in heaven” and “on earth” “He might gather together in one”. All government in heaven and earth in one in Christ. Another in Ephesians 2:14 “who hath made both one”.