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| Ephesians 4:1 | 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 of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, | *I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called, |
| Ephesians 4:2 | with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain, | With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; | with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; |
| Ephesians 4:3 | in the uniting bond of peace, the unity given by the Spirit. | Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. | using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace. |
| Ephesians 4:4 | 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 ye are called in one hope of your calling; | [There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling; |
| Ephesians 4:5 | There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, | One Lord, one faith, one baptism, | one Lord, one faith, one baptism; |
| Ephesians 4:6 | 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 above all, and through all, and in you all. | one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. |
| Ephesians 4:7 | Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ. | But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. | But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ. |
| Ephesians 4:8 | For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men." | Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. | Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men. |
| Ephesians 4:9 | (Now this "re-ascended" what does it mean but that He had first descended into the lower regions of the earth? | (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? | But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? |
| Ephesians 4:10 | He who descended is the same as He who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the universe.) | He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) | He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things; |
| Ephesians 4:11 | And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers, | And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; | and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, |
| Ephesians 4:12 | 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, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: | for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ; |
| Ephesians 4:13 | 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. | Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: | until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ; |
| Ephesians 4:14 | 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 henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; | in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error; |
| Ephesians 4:15 | 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 the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: | but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ: |
| Ephesians 4:16 | 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 the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. | from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love. |
| Ephesians 4:17 | 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 ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, | This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind, |
| Ephesians 4:18 | 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. | Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: | being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts, |
| Ephesians 4:19 | Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy. | Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. | who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust. |
| Ephesians 4:20 | But these are not the lessons which you have learned from Christ; | But ye have not so learned Christ; | But *ye* have not thus learnt the Christ, |
| Ephesians 4:21 | if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught and this is true Christian teaching | If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: | if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus; |
| Ephesians 4:22 | 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 ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; | [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts; |
| Ephesians 4:23 | and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves | And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; | and being renewed in the spirit of your mind; |
| Ephesians 4:24 | with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth. | And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. | and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness. |
| Ephesians 4:25 | 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. | Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. | Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another. |
| Ephesians 4:26 | If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down; | Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: | Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath, |
| Ephesians 4:27 | and do not leave room for the Devil. | Neither give place to the devil. | neither give room for the devil. |
| Ephesians 4:28 | 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 that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. | Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need. |
| Ephesians 4:29 | 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 communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. | Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it]. |
| Ephesians 4:30 | And beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption. | And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. | And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption. |
| Ephesians 4:31 | 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, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: | Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice; |
| Ephesians 4:32 | On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you. | And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. | and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you. |
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