Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus,
New American Standard Bible
if indeed you
King James Version
If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Holman Bible
assuming you heard about Him and were taught by Him, because the truth
International Standard Version
Surely you have listened to him and have been taught by him, since truth is in Jesus.
American Standard Version
if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
Amplified
If in fact you have [really] heard Him and have been taught by Him, just as truth is in Jesus [revealed in His life and personified in Him],
An Understandable Version
[I am] assuming that you have heard Him [i.e., through the Gospel message] and were taught the truth that is in [harmony with] Jesus.
Anderson New Testament
if, indeed, you have heard of him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Bible in Basic English
If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:
Common New Testament
assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if you have heard of him, and have been taught the truth as he preach'd it:
Darby Translation
if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as the truth is in Jesus;
Godbey New Testament
if indeed ye have heard him, and been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Goodspeed New Testament
at least if you have really become acquainted with him and been instructed in him, and in union with him have been taught the truth as it is found in Jesus.
John Wesley New Testament
and been taught by him, (as the truth is in Jesus) To put off,
Julia Smith Translation
If ye heard him, and were taught in him, as is the truth in Jesus:
King James 2000
If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Lexham Expanded Bible
if indeed you have heard [about] him, and you were taught by him (just as truth is in Jesus),
Modern King James verseion
if indeed you have heard Him and were taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If so be ye have heard of him, and are taught in him, even as the truth is in Jesus:
Moffatt New Testament
(for it is Christ whom you have been taught, it is in Christ that you have been instructed ??the real Christ who is in Jesus);
Montgomery New Testament
if indeed you have listened to him, and in him been taught the truth as it is in Jesus.
NET Bible
if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.
New Heart English Bible
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
Noyes New Testament
if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus;
Sawyer New Testament
if you have indeed heard him, and been instructed by him as the truth is in Jesus,
The Emphasized Bible
If, at least, it is, him, ye have heard, and, in him, ye have been taught - even as truth is in Jesus, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
if indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Twentieth Century New Testament
And through union with him were taught the Truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.
Webster
If indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Weymouth New Testament
if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--
Williams New Testament
if, as I take it, you have heard Him and in union with Him have been taught the truth as it is seen in Jesus,
World English Bible
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
Worrell New Testament
if, indeed, ye heard Him, and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus;
Worsley New Testament
if ye have indeed hearkened to Him, and been instructed in Him, as the truth is in Jesus; to put off the old man,
Youngs Literal Translation
if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;
Themes
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Christ, the great teacher
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 4:21
Images Ephesians 4:21
Prayers for Ephesians 4:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Appeal For New Behavior
20 But ye did not so learn the Christ, 21 if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus, 22 for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,
Cross References
Ephesians 1:13
In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good-news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,
Psalm 45:4
And in thy majesty ride on prosperously because of truth and gentleness [and] righteousness. And thy right hand shall teach thee awesome things.
Psalm 85:10-11
Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Matthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.
Luke 10:16
He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.
John 1:17
Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 14:6
Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it does not see nor know it. But ye know it, because it dwells with you, and will be in you.
Acts 3:22-23
For Moses indeed said to the fathers, Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. Ye shall hear him in all things, as many as he might speak to you.
2 Corinthians 1:20
For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us.
2 Corinthians 11:10
The truth of Christ is in me that this pride in me will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.
Hebrews 3:7-8
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice,
1 John 5:10-12
He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE God, and the eternal life.