Ephesians 4:2-3

"with all humility and gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" ESV. maintain/terein.

Ephesians 4:13

"until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,". attain/katantesomen.

A. How do "maintain" and "attain" compare?

B. Is maintain particularly relevant to "unity of the Spirit" in contrast to attaining being used for "the unity of the faith"?

C. Does the unity of the Spirit only ever need maintaining and never attaining?