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, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received--

2 with/after all humility and gentleness with/after patience to endure one another in/on/among love

with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain,

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

in the uniting 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 but one Spirit, as also when you were called you had one and the same hope held out to you.

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)*)

and one God and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all, and dwells 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

Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.

8 therefore to say to ascend toward height to take captive captivity (and *ko*) to give gift the/this/who a human

For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men."

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 this "re-ascended" --what does it mean but that He had first descended into the lower regions of the earth?

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 descended is the same as He who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the universe.)

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 Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be 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

in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--

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

till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in 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

So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead.

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 we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.

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

Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself 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

Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness 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 darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which God gives.

19 who/which to become callous themself to deliver the/this/who debauchery toward work impurity all in/on/among greediness

Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy.

20 you then no thus(-ly) to learn the/this/who Christ

But these are not the lessons which you have learned from Christ;

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

if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--

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

to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,

23 to renew then the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit the/this/who mind you

and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves

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

with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come 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

For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another.

26 to anger and not to sin the/this/who sun not to set upon/to/against the/this/who anger you

If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;

27 (nor *N(k)O*) to give place the/this/who devilish/the Devil

and do not leave room for 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

He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share.

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

Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers.

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 beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for 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 and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of 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)*)

On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.