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| Ephesians 4:1 | I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you, | I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received | I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, |
| Ephesians 4:2 | With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love; | with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain, | with all lowliness and humility, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love; |
| Ephesians 4:3 | Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace. | in the uniting bond of peace, the unity given by the Spirit. | being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. |
| Ephesians 4:4 | There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; | There is but one body and but one Spirit, as also when you were called you had one and the same hope held out to you. | There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; |
| Ephesians 4:5 | One Lord, one faith, one baptism, | There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, | one Lord, one faith, one baptism, |
| Ephesians 4:6 | One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all. | and one God and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all, and dwells in all. | one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. |
| Ephesians 4:7 | But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ. | Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ. | But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. |
| Ephesians 4:8 | For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men. | For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men." | Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." |
| Ephesians 4:9 | (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth? | (Now this "re-ascended" what does it mean but that He had first descended into the lower regions of the earth? | Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? |
| Ephesians 4:10 | He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.) | He who descended is the same as He who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the universe.) | He who descended is the same also who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. |
| Ephesians 4:11 | And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; | And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers, | He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; |
| Ephesians 4:12 | For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: | in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving for the building up of Christ's body | for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ; |
| Ephesians 4:13 | Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ: | till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in Christ. | until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; |
| Ephesians 4:14 | So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error; | So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead. | that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; |
| Ephesians 4:15 | But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ; | But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ. | but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; |
| Ephesians 4:16 | Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love. | Dependent on Him, the whole body its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love. | from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love. |
| Ephesians 4:17 | This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit, | Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live, | This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, |
| Ephesians 4:18 | Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard; | with darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which God gives. | being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts; |
| Ephesians 4:19 | Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire. | Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy. | who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. |
| Ephesians 4:20 | For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you; | But these are not the lessons which you have learned from Christ; | But you did not learn Christ that way; |
| Ephesians 4:21 | If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus: | if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught and this is true Christian teaching | if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: |
| Ephesians 4:22 | That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit; | to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses, | that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; |
| Ephesians 4:23 | And be made new in the spirit of your mind, | and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves | and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, |
| Ephesians 4:24 | And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living. | with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth. | and put on the new man, that like God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. |
| Ephesians 4:25 | And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another. | For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another. | Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members one of another. |
| Ephesians 4:26 | Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath; | If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down; | "Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, |
| Ephesians 4:27 | And do not give way to the Evil One. | and do not leave room for the Devil. | neither give place to the devil. |
| Ephesians 4:28 | Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need. | He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share. | Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need. |
| Ephesians 4:29 | Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear. | Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers. | Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. |
| Ephesians 4:30 | And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation. | And beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption. | Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed to the day of redemption. |
| Ephesians 4:31 | Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts; | Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you and also every kind of malice. | Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. |
| Ephesians 4:32 | And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you. | On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you. | Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. |
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