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Ephesians 4 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Unity of the Spirit

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Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:2 - with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:3 - being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:4 - There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:5 - one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:6 - one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:8 - Therefore [fn]it says,

“WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,

HE LED CAPTIVE THE CAPTIVES,

AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO PEOPLE.”

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(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what [fn]does it mean except that He also [fn]had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:10 - He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:11 - And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as [fn]pastors and teachers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:12 - for the equipping of the [fn]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the [fn]knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature [fn]which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:14 - [fn]As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness [fn]in deceitful scheming;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:15 - but [fn]speaking the truth in love, [fn]we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together [fn]by what every joint supplies, according to the [fn]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

The Christian’s Walk

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So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the [fn]Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:18 - being darkened in their understanding, [fn]excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:19 - and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior [fn]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:20 - But you did not learn Christ in this way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:21 - if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:22 - that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old [fn]self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:23 - and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:24 - and to put on the new [fn]self, which [fn]in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

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Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts of one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:26 - BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:27 - and do not give the devil [fn]an opportunity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather he must labor, producing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:29 - Let no [fn]unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification [fn]according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:30 - Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, [fn]by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:31 - All bitterness, wrath, anger, [fn]clamor, and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:32 - Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven [fn]you.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Or He
Lit is it except
One early ms had first descended
From Gr for shepherds
Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Or true knowledge
Lit of the fullness
Lit So that we will no longer be
Lit with regard to the scheming of deceit
Or holding to; or being truthful in
Or let’s grow up
Lit through every joint of the supply
Lit working in measure
I.e., unbelieving Gentiles
Or alienated
Or greedy for the practice of every kind of impurity
Lit person
Lit person
Lit according to God
Lit a place
Lit rotten
Lit of the need
Lit in
Or shouting
Two early mss us
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Ephesians Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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