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 therefore, a prisoner in our Lord, beseech of you, that ye walk, (as it becometh the calling wherewith ye are called, )

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

with all lowliness of mind, and quietness, and long suffering; and that ye be forbearing one towards another, in love.

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

And be ye solicitous to keep the unity of the Spirit, in a bond of peace;

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

so that ye may become one body, and one Spirit; even as ye are called unto one hope of your calling.

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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

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

and one God is 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.

And to each of us grace is given, according to the measure of the gift of the Messiah.

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, and carried captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

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

Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also previously descended to the interior regions 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 also the same that ascended up, high above all the heavens, that he might fulfill 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, legates; 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 perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of the Messiah;

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 all become one and the same, in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and one complete man according to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah:

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 might not be children, agitated and turned about by every wind of the crafty doctrines of men who plot to seduce by their subtilty:

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

but that we might be established in our love; and that every thing in us might progress in the Messiah, who is the head:

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.

and from him it is, the whole body is framed together and compacted by all the junctures, according to the gift that is imparted by measure to each member, for the growth of the body; that his edifice may be perfected 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.

And this I say, and testify in the Lord, that henceforth ye walk not as the other Gentiles, who 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.

and they are dark in their understandings, and are alienated from the life of God, because there is not in them knowledge, and because of the blindness of their heart.

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.

They have cut off their hope, and have given themselves over to lasciviousness, and to the practice of all uncleanness in their greediness.

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

But ye have not so learned the Messiah;

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

if ye have truly heard him, and by him have learned 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;

But ye have learned, that ye should lay aside your former practices, the old man that is corrupted with the lusts of error;

23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

and should 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 should put on the new man, that is created by God in righteousness and in the holiness 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, put away from you lying, and speak ye the truth each 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 ye angry, and sin not: and let not the sun go down 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 that stole, steal no more; but let him labor with his hands, and do good acts; 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 language come from your mouth, but that which is decorous, and useful for edification, that it may convey 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 God, whereby ye are sealed for 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 anger, and wrath, and clamoring, and reviling, 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 ye affectionate towards one another, and sympathetic; and forgive ye one another, as God by the Messiah hath forgiven us.