Ephesians 4

1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

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

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

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

3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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

4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,

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

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 and in us all.

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

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

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

8 Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”

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

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

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

10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

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

11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

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

12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

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

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

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;

14 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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,

15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

Speaking the truth however in love we may grow up into Him in all things who is the head, (*k*) Christ

16 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

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.

17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

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,

18 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 hearts.

(darkened *N(k)O*) 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;

19 They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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

20 But you didn’t learn Christ that way,

you yourselves however not this way learned Christ,

21 if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

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

22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

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,

23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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

24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

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

25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

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

26 “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

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

27 and don’t give place to the devil.

(neither *N(k)O*) do give opportunity to the devil.

28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

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.

29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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.

30 Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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

31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

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

32 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

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