Ephesians 4

1 As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

I exhort you, therefore, I the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering; bearing with one another in love,

3 and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye were called in one hope of your calling;

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

7 Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

But to each one of us was given the grace [[which he hath]] according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

Wherefore he saith: “When he ascended on high, he led captive a train of captives, and gave gifts to men.”

9 What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

Now what is implied in his ascending, but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

He who descended is the same as he who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

11 And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministration, for the building up of the body of Christ;

13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

till 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;

14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and borne about by every wind of teaching, through the dishonest tricks of men, and their cunning in the wily arts of error;

15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

but cleaving to truth in love, may grow up in all things unto him who is the head, even Christ;

16 From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

from whom the whole body, well put together and compacted by means of every supplying joint, is, according to the working of each part in its proportion, building itself up in love.

17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

This therefore I say, and charge you in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,

18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts;

19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to wantonness, to work all uncleanness in greediness.

20 But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

But not so did ye learn Christ,

21 Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus;

22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit,

23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Wherefore having put away falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbor; for we are members one of another.

26 “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

“Be angry, and sin not;” let not the sun go down upon your wrath;

27 and do not give the devil a foothold.

and do not give place to the Devil.

28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

Let him that stealeth steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands at that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.

29 Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Let no foul language proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for edification, as the need may be, that it may benefit the hearers;

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice;

32 Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.