Ephesians 4

1 Exhort therefore you I myself the prisoner in [the] Lord worthily to walk of the calling to which you were called,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,

giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 one body and one Spirit even as also you were called into one hope of the calling of you;

[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 one God and Father of all, who [is] over all and through all [times] and in all (in you. *K+O)

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

7 One now to each of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 Therefore it says: Having ascended on high He led captive captivity, (and *ko) he gave gifts to men.

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

9 And He ascended, what is [this] only except that also He descended (first *K) into the lower regions of the earth?

(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

10 The [One] having descended [the] same is also [one] having ascended above all the heavens, so that He may fill all things.

He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

11 And He himself gave some indeed [to be] apostles, some however prophets, some however evangelists, some however shepherds and teachers,

And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 toward the perfecting of the saints for [the] work of ministry, for [the] building up of the body of Christ;

for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

13 until we may attain all to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a man a complete, to [the] measure of [the] stature of the fullness of Christ;

till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 so that no longer we may be infants being tossed by waves and being carried about by every wind of teaching in the cunning of men in craftiness with a view to the scheming of deceit,

that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

15 Speaking the truth however in love we may grow up into Him in all things who is the head, Christ

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, which is the head, [even] Christ;

16 from whom all the body being joined together and being held together through every ligament of [its] supply according to [the] working in [the] measure individual of each part the increase of the body makes for itself to [the] building up of itself in love.

from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

17 This therefore I say and I testify in [the] Lord No longer [are] you to walk even as also the (rest of *K) Gentiles are walking in [the] futility of the mind of them,

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

18 (darkened *N+kO) in the understanding being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance which is being in them, on account of the hardness of the heart of them;

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

19 who having cast off all feeling themselves they gave up to sensuality for [the] working of impurity all with greediness.

who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

20 you yourselves however not this way learned Christ,

But ye did not so learn Christ;

21 if indeed Him you have heard and in Him were taught, even as is [the] truth in Jesus,

if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

22 Are to have put off you concerning the former way of life the old man which is being corrupted according to [its] desires of deceit,

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

23 to be renewed then in the spirit of the mind of you

and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 and to have put on the new man according to God having been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

and put on the new man, which after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

25 Therefore having put off falsehood do speak truth each one with the neighbour of him, because we are of one another members.

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

26 do be angry and yet not do sin; The sun not should set upon the anger of you;

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

27 (neither *N+kO) do give opportunity to the devil.

neither give place to the devil.

28 who is stealing no longer he should steal, rather however he should toil working with [their] own hands what [is] good, so that he may have [something] to impart to the [one] need having.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

29 Any word unwholesome out of the mouth of you not should go forth but if any good for edification of the need, so that it shall give grace to those hearing.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

30 And not do grieve the Spirit Holy of God in whom you were sealed for [the] day of redemption.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

31 All bitterness and rage and anger and clamor and slander should be removed from you along with all malice.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

32 do be now to one another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving each other even as also God in Christ forgave (you. *NK+O)

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.