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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 therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were 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 humility, with longsuffering, 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. | being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the 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, even as you also were 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 was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of 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. | Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave 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? | 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 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 who descended is the same also who ascended far 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; | He gave some to be 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, to the work of serving, to the building up 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 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 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; | 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 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 speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, 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 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 | 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 you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also 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 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 | 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 become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. |
| Ephesians 4:20 | But these are not the lessons which you have learned from Christ; | But ye have not so learned Christ; | But you did not learn Christ that way; |
| 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 indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as 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; | 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 to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves | And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; | and that you be 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 put on the new man, that like God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. |
| 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. | Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For 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 don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, |
| Ephesians 4:27 | and do not leave room for the Devil. | Neither give place to the devil. | neither give place to 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 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 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 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 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. | Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed to 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, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away 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. | Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. |
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