Ephesians 4
1 I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
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 lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, 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 using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting 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, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
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 us all.
and one God is the Father of all, and over all, and by all, and in us all.
7 But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
And to each of us grace is given, according to the measure of the gift of the Messiah.
8 Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
Wherefore it is said: He ascended on high, and carried captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
9 But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into 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 that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might 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 he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
And he gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers:
12 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;
for perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of the Messiah;
13 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;
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 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;
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 but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
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 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.
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 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,
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 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,
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 who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
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 ye have not thus learnt the Christ,
But ye have not so learned the Messiah;
21 if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;
if ye have truly heard him, and by him have learned as the truth is in Jesus.
22 [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
But ye have learned, that ye should lay aside your former practices, the old man that is corrupted with the lusts of error;
23 and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;
and should be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
24 and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
and should put on the new man, that is created by God in righteousness and in the holiness of truth.
25 Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of 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, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
Be ye angry, and sin not: and let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
27 neither give room for the devil.
And give no place to the Accuser.
28 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.
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 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].
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, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamoring, and reviling, be taken from you, with all malice:
32 and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
and be ye affectionate towards one another, and sympathetic; and forgive ye one another, as God by the Messiah hath forgiven us.
