Ephesians 4
World English Bible (WEB) • 32 verses
1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
RelatedColossians 1:10 · Philippians 1:27 · 1 Thessalonians 2:12 · 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 · 2 Peter 1:3 · 2 Timothy 1:9
2with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
RelatedColossians 3:12-13 · 1 Corinthians 13:7 · 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 · Matthew 11:29 · Romans 15:1 · Galatians 5:22-23
3being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Related1 Corinthians 1:10 · Colossians 3:13-15 · 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 · John 13:34 · Romans 14:17-19 · Hebrews 12:14
4There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,
RelatedEphesians 2:18 · Romans 12:4-5 · 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 · Ephesians 1:18 · 1 Corinthians 12:20 · Ephesians 4:1
5one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Related1 Corinthians 8:6 · 1 Corinthians 12:13 · 1 Peter 3:21 · Romans 3:30 · Galatians 3:26-28 · Matthew 28:19
6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.
RelatedRomans 11:36 · 1 Corinthians 8:6 · Malachi 2:10 · Galatians 3:26-28 · Revelation 4:8-11 · John 20:17
7But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Related1 Peter 4:10 · Romans 12:3 · 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 · Ephesians 3:2 · Romans 12:6-8 · 1 Corinthians 12:28-30
8Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”
9Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
RelatedHebrews 7:26 · Hebrews 4:14 · Ephesians 1:20-23 · Colossians 2:9 · Hebrews 9:23-24 · Colossians 1:19
11He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
RelatedJeremiah 3:15 · 1 Corinthians 12:28-29 · Ephesians 2:20 · 2 Timothy 4:5 · Acts 20:28 · Matthew 28:20
12for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,
Related1 Thessalonians 5:11-14 · Ephesians 4:16 · 1 Corinthians 12:27 · Romans 15:14 · Romans 14:19 · 1 Corinthians 14:4-5
13until 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,
RelatedColossians 1:28 · John 17:21 · Ephesians 4:3 · Ephesians 4:5 · Jeremiah 32:38-39 · 2 Peter 3:18
14that 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;
RelatedHebrews 13:9 · Romans 16:17-18 · 1 Corinthians 14:20 · 1 John 4:1 · James 1:6 · Hebrews 5:12-14
15but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,
16from 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.
RelatedColossians 2:19 · John 15:5 · Colossians 2:2 · Ephesians 4:15 · 1 Corinthians 13:13-14:1 · Ephesians 4:12
17This 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,
RelatedRomans 1:21 · 1 Peter 4:3-4 · 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 · Colossians 3:5-8 · Ephesians 2:1-3 · 2 Peter 2:18
18being 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.
RelatedMatthew 13:15 · Ephesians 2:12 · Romans 1:21-23 · John 12:40 · 1 Thessalonians 4:5 · 2 Corinthians 4:4
19They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
RelatedRomans 1:24-26 · Colossians 3:5 · 1 Timothy 4:2 · Jude 1:11 · Revelation 18:3 · 2 Peter 2:12-14
20But you didn’t learn Christ that way,
21if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
22that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
23and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
RelatedColossians 3:10-14 · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Ephesians 2:10 · Romans 13:14 · Ephesians 6:11 · Romans 6:4
25Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
RelatedColossians 3:9 · Zechariah 8:16 · Proverbs 12:22 · Romans 12:5 · Ephesians 4:15 · Proverbs 12:17
26“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
RelatedJames 1:19 · Psalms 4:4 · Psalms 37:8 · Ephesians 4:31-32 · Ecclesiastes 7:9 · Proverbs 14:29
27and don’t give place to the devil.
28Let 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.
Related1 Timothy 6:18 · Galatians 6:10 · 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 · Exodus 20:15 · 2 Thessalonians 3:11-12 · Luke 21:1-4
29Let 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.
RelatedColossians 4:6 · 1 Thessalonians 5:11 · Ecclesiastes 10:12 · Proverbs 15:7 · Colossians 3:8-9 · Matthew 12:34-37
30Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Related1 Thessalonians 5:19 · Isaiah 63:10 · Ephesians 1:13-14 · Acts 7:51 · Genesis 6:6 · Romans 8:23
31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.
32And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
RelatedColossians 3:12-13 · Matthew 6:14-15 · Mark 11:25 · 1 Peter 3:8-9 · 2 Corinthians 2:10 · Ephesians 5:1
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