Ephesians 4
1 to plead/comfort therefore/then you I/we the/this/who prisoner in/on/among lord: God appropriately to walk the/this/who calling which to call: call
I beg you, then – I who am a prisoner in the Master’s cause – to live lives worthy of the call that you have received;
2 with/after all humility and gentleness with/after patience to endure one another in/on/among love
always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,
3 be eager to keep: protect the/this/who unity the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit in/on/among the/this/who bond(age) the/this/who peace
and striving to maintain in the bond of peace the unity given by the Spirit.
4 one body and one spirit/breath: spirit as/just as and to call: call in/on/among one hope the/this/who calling you
There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your call.
5 one lord: God one faith one baptism
There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism.
6 one God and father all the/this/who upon/to/against all and through/because of all and in/on/among all (you *K(O)*)
There is but one God and Father of all – the God who is over all, pervades all, and is in all.
7 one then each me to give the/this/who grace according to the/this/who measure the/this/who free gift the/this/who Christ
Everyone of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.
8 therefore to say to ascend toward height to take captive captivity (and *ko*) to give gift the/this/who a human
That is why it is said – “When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to humanity.”
9 the/this/who then to ascend which? to be if: not not that/since: that and to come/go down (first: previous *K*) toward the/this/who lower part the/this/who earth: planet
Now surely this “going up” must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.
10 the/this/who to come/go down it/s/he to be and the/this/who to ascend above all the/this/who heaven in order that/to to fulfill the/this/who all
He who went down is the same as he who went up – up beyond the highest heaven, so that he might fill all things with his presence.
11 and it/s/he to give the/this/who on the other hand apostle the/this/who then prophet the/this/who then evangelist the/this/who then shepherd and teacher
And he it is who gave to the church apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers,
12 to/with the/this/who preparation the/this/who holy: saint toward work service toward building the/this/who body the/this/who Christ
to fit his people for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of the Christ.
13 until to come to the/this/who all toward the/this/who unity the/this/who faith and the/this/who knowledge the/this/who son the/this/who God toward man perfect toward measure age/height the/this/who fulfillment the/this/who Christ
And this will continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach maturity – the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.
14 in order that/to never again to be child to toss and to carry (around) all wind the/this/who teaching in/on/among the/this/who cunning the/this/who a human in/on/among craftiness to/with the/this/who scheme the/this/who error
Then we will no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching and by people’s trickery and craftiness;
15 be truthful then in/on/among love to grow toward it/s/he the/this/who all which to be the/this/who head (the/this/who *k*) Christ
but holding the truth in a spirit of love, we will grow into complete union with him who is our head – Christ himself.
16 out from which all the/this/who body to join and to join with through/because of all joint the/this/who supply according to active energy in/on/among measure one each part the/this/who growth the/this/who body to do/make: do toward building themself in/on/among love
For from him the whole body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigour of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.
17 this/he/she/it therefore/then to say and to testify in/on/among lord: God never again you to walk as/just as and the/this/who (remaining *K*) Gentiles to walk in/on/among futility the/this/who mind it/s/he
This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I implore: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,
18 (to darken *N(k)O*) the/this/who mind to be to alienate the/this/who life the/this/who God through/because of the/this/who ignorance the/this/who to be in/on/among it/s/he through/because of the/this/who hardening the/this/who heart it/s/he
with their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.
19 who/which to become callous themself to deliver the/this/who debauchery toward work impurity all in/on/among greediness
Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.
20 you then no thus(-ly) to learn the/this/who Christ
But far different is the lesson you learned from the Christ – if, that is, you really listened to him,
21 if indeed it/s/he to hear and in/on/among it/s/he to teach as/just as to be truth in/on/among the/this/who Jesus
and through union with him were taught the truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.
22 to put aside you according to the/this/who before behaviour the/this/who old a human the/this/who to destroy according to the/this/who desire the/this/who deceit
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
23 to renew then the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit the/this/who mind you
that the spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;
24 and to put on the/this/who new a human the/this/who according to God to create in/on/among righteousness and holiness the/this/who truth
and that you must clothe yourselves in that new nature which was created to resemble God, with the righteousness and holiness springing from the truth.
25 therefore to put aside the/this/who lie to speak truth each with/after the/this/who near/neighbor it/s/he that/since: since to be one another member
Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbours. For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.
26 to anger and not to sin the/this/who sun not to set upon/to/against the/this/who anger you
Be angry, yet do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger;
27 (nor *N(k)O*) to give place the/this/who devilish/the Devil
and give no opportunity to the devil.
28 the/this/who to steal never again to steal more: rather then to labor to work the/this/who one's own/private hand the/this/who good in order that/to to have/be to share the/this/who need to have/be
Let the person who steals steal no longer, but rather they should toil with their hands at honest work, so that they may have something to share with anyone in need.
29 all word rotten out from the/this/who mouth you not to depart but if one good to/with building the/this/who need in order that/to to give grace the/this/who to hear
Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, so that they may be a help to those who hear them.
30 and not to grieve the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit the/this/who holy the/this/who God in/on/among which to seal toward day redemption
And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the day of redemption.
31 all bitterness and wrath and wrath and shouting and blasphemy to take up away from you with all evil
Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.
32 to be then toward one another good/kind compassionate to give grace themself as/just as and the/this/who God in/on/among Christ to give grace (you *NK(O)*)
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.
