Ephesians 4 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

1I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to live in a way that is worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

2with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

2demonstrating all expressions of humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another in love.

3endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

3Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of peace.

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

4There is one body and one Spirit. Likewise, you were called to the one hope of your calling.

5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

5There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

6one God and Father of all, who is above all, through all, and in all.

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

7Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.

8Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.”

8That is why God says, "When he went up to the highest place, he led captives into captivity and gave gifts to people."

9(Now this, “He ascended” —what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

9Now what does this "he went up" mean except that he also had gone down into the lower parts of the earth?

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

10The one who went down is the same one who went up above all the heavens so that all things would be fulfilled.

11And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

11And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,

12for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

12to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the Messiah

13till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

13until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in the Messiah.

14that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

14Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

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

15Instead, by speaking the truth in love, we will grow up completely and become one with the head, that is, one with the Messiah,

16from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

16in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.

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

17Therefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts.

18having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

19who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

19Since they have lost all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to sensuality and practice every kind of sexual perversion without restraint.

20But you have not so learned Christ,

20However, that is not the way you came to know the Messiah.

21if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:

21Surely you have listened to him and have been taught by him, since truth is in Jesus.

22that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

22Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

23and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

23to be renewed in your mental attitude,

24and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

24and to clothe yourselves with the new nature, which was created according to God's image in righteousness and true holiness.

25Therefore, putting away lying, “ Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

25Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

26“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

26"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,

27nor give place to the devil.

27and do not give the devil an opportunity to work.

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

28The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.

29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

29Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

30Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, by whom you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.

31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.

32And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

32And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.

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