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 BESEECH of you, therefore, I, the bound one for our Lord, that you walk as is worthy of the calling wherewith you are called,

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

in all lowliness of mind, and composedness, and long-suffering; and be patient towards one another in love.

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

And be diligent 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;

that you may be in one body and in one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling.

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

For one is the Lord, and one the faith, and one the baptism;

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

and one is Aloha, the Father of all, and over all, and by all, and in us all.

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

But unto each of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Meshiha.

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

Wherefore it is said, He ascended on high; He led captive captivity, And gave gifts unto men.

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

But he who ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the low places 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 he who also ascended above all the heavens, to fulfil all.

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 who (are) apostles, and some who (are) prophets, and some who (are) evangelists, and some who (are) pastors, and some who (are) doctors;

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 the ministry, for the edification of the (church of the) Meshiha,

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.

until we be all one in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of Aloha, and one man perfect in the measure of the stature of his completeness;

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.

and that we be no children, agitated and altered by every wind of fraudulent doctrines of men, which in their craftiness they fabricate deceptively in order to seduce,

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

but be confirmed in our love, that whatever is ours may increase in the Meshiha,

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.

who is the head, by whom the whole body is increased and compacted in all the limbs, according to the gift which is given in proportion to every member for the increase of the body itself, that in love its structure might be completed.

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.

BUT this I say and testify in the Lord, that from henceforth you may not walk as the rest of the Gentiles, who walk in the vanity of their minds,

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.

and are darkened in their understandings, and are alienated from the life of Aloha on account of their ignorance, and on account of the blindness 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 are cut off from their hope, and have delivered themselves up to lasciviousness and to the working of all uncleanness in their greediness.

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

But you have not thus learned the Meshiha,

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

if really you have heard him and learned as the truth is in Jeshu;

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

but that you put from you your former habitudes, the old man who is corrupt in deceitful lusts,

23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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

and wear the new man, who by Aloha is created in righteousness and in the sanctity of 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 let lying cease from you, and speak the truth every man with his neighbour: 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, and let not the sun set upon your wrath,

27 and do not give the devil a foothold.

and give no place to the accuser.

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.

And let him who hath stolen henceforth steal not, but labour with his hands and do good, that he may have to give to him who needeth.

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 hateful word come out of your mouth, but that which is comely and useful for edification, that it may communicate grace to those who hear.

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 Aloha, by whom you have been 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 heat, and anger, and clamour, and scandal be taken 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 gentle one with another, and affectionate, and forgive one another, even as Aloha in the Meshiha hath forgiven us.