Ephesians 4

1 I therefore, being prisoner in the Lord, praie you that yee walke worthie of the vocation whereunto yee are called,

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

2 With all humblenesse of minde, and meekenesse, with long suffering, supporting one an other through loue,

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

3 Endeuouring to keepe the vnitie of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, euen as yee are called in one hope of your vocation.

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

5 There is one Lord, one Faith, one Baptisme,

One Lord, one faith, one immersion,

6 One God and Father of all, which is aboue all, and through all, and in you all.

One God and Father of all—who is over all, and through all, and in all.

7 But vnto euery one of vs is giuen grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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

8 Wherfore he saith, Whe he asceded vp on hie, he led captiuity captiue, and gaue gifts vnto men.

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

9 (Nowe, in that hee ascended, what is it but that he had also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth?

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

10 Hee that descended, is euen the same that ascended, farre aboue all heauens, that hee might fill all things)

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

11 Hee therefore gaue some to be Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Euangelists, and some Pastours, and Teachers,

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

12 For the repairing of the Saintes, for the woorke of the ministerie, and for the edification of the bodie of Christ,

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

13 Till we all meete together (in the vnitie of faith and that acknowledging of the Sonne of God) vnto a perfite man, and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christ,

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;

14 That we henceforth be no more children, wauering and caried about with euery winde of doctrine, by the deceit of men, and with craftines, whereby they lay in wait to deceiue.

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;

15 But let vs folowe the truth in loue, and in all things, grow vp into him, which is the head, that is, Christ.

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

16 By whome al the body being coupled and knit together by euery ioynt, for ye furniture therof (according to the effectual power, which is in the measure of euery part) receiueth increase of the body, vnto the edifying of itselfe in loue.

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.

17 This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord, that yee hencefoorth walke not as other Gentiles walke, in vanitie of their minde,

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,

18 Hauing their vnderstanding darkened, and being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardnesse of their heart:

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,

19 Which being past feeling, haue giuen themselues vnto wantonnesse, to woorke all vncleannesse, euen with griedinesse.

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

20 But yee haue not so learned Christ,

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

21 If so be yee haue heard him, and haue bene taught by him, as the trueth is in Iesus,

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

22 That is, that yee cast off, concerning the conuersation in time past, that olde man, which is corrupt through the deceiueable lustes,

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

23 And be renued in the spirit of your minde,

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

24 And put on ye new man, which after God is created vnto righteousnes, and true holines.

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

25 Wherefore cast off lying, and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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

26 Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,

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

27 Neither giue place to the deuill.

Neither be giving place unto the adversary;

28 Let him that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour, and worke with his handes the thing which is good, that hee may haue to giue vnto him that needeth.

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;

29 Let no corrupt comunication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good, to ye vse of edifying, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.

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;

30 And grieue not the holy Spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed vnto ye day of redemption.

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

31 Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

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

32 Be ye courteous one to another, and tender hearted, freely forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake, freely forgaue you.

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;