The main idea in these first sixteen verses is the unity of believers in Christ.

Paul’s prayer for his Christian friends in Ephesus is simply that they might know and experience the love and power of God, and that they will be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now, I asked the question: assuming that is true, what would happen, what would that look like? Having considered the theological reality he launches into the practical outcomes.

Humble, gentle, patient, bearing with one another in love, maintaining unity in the bond of peace, serving one another, growing up and maturing