Ephesians 4

1 I exhort you, therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling wherewith ye were called: —

Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

3 Giving diligence to keep—the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting-bond of peace, —

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

4 One body, and one spirit, even as ye were also called in one hope of your calling,

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one immersion,

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 you all,

7 To each one of you, however, hath favour been given, according to the measure of the free-gift of the Christ;

and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

8 Wherefore he saith—Ascending on high, he took captivity captive, [and] gave gifts unto men.

wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' —

9 Now this, He ascended; what is it, —save—that he also descended into the under parts of the earth?

and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended, he, it is who also ascended over-above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;

he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things —

11 And, he, gave—some, indeed, to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers, —

and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,

12 With a view to the fitting of the saints for the work of ministering, for an upbuilding of the body of the Christ;

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

13 Until we all advance—into the oneness of the faith, and the personal knowledge of the Son of God, into a man of full-growth, into the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

14 That we may, no longer, be infants—billow-tossed and shifted round with every wind of teaching, —in the craft of men, in knavery suited to the artifice of error;

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

15 But, pursuing truth—may, in love, grow into him in all things, —who is the head, Christ, —

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head — the Christ;

16 Out of whom all the body—fitly framing itself together, and connecting itself, through means of every joint of supply, by way of energising in the measure of each single part—secureth the growing of the body, unto an upbuilding of itself in love.

from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body doth make for the building up of itself in love.

17 This, therefore, am I saying and protesting in the Lord: —that, no longer, ye walk even as, the nations, walk—in the vanity of their minds,

This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

18 Being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God—by reason of the ignorance that existeth within them, by reason of their hearts being turned into stone,

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

19 Who, indeed, having become past feeling, have delivered, themselves, up, with wantonness, unto making a trade of all impurity with greed.

who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

20 Ye, however, have, not thus, learned the Christ: —

and ye did not so learn the Christ,

21 If, at least, it is, him, ye have heard, and, in him, ye have been taught—even as truth is in Jesus, —

if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

22 That ye were to strip off—as regardeth the former behaviour—the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

23 And were to be getting young again in the spirit of your mind,

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 And were to put on the man of new mould, who, after God, hath been created in his truthful righteousness and loving kindness.

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

25 Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

26 Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood,

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

27 Neither be giving place unto the adversary;

neither give place to the devil;

28 Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling, —working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have [wherewith] to be giving away to him that hath need;

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

29 Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good—suited to the needful upbuilding, —that it may give benefit unto them that hear;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

30 And be not grieving the Holy Spirit of God, wherewith ye have been sealed unto a day of redemption;

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

31 All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;

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

32 And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.