Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as the truth is in Jesus;

New American Standard Bible

if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

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 is in Jesus.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as 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:

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If so be that
εἴγε 
Eige 
if so be that, if, if yet
Usage: 5

ye have heard
ἀκούω 
Akouo 
Usage: 313

him



Usage: 0
Usage: 0

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

διδάσκω 
Didasko 
Usage: 82

by
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

as
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

the truth
ἀλήθεια 
Aletheia 
Usage: 87

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 4:21

References

Images Ephesians 4:21

Prayers for Ephesians 4:21

Context Readings

Appeal For New Behavior

20 But ye have not thus learnt the Christ, 21 if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as the truth is in Jesus; 22 namely your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;


Cross References

Ephesians 1:13

in whom ye also have trusted, having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Psalm 45:4

And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Psalm 85:10-11

Loving-kindness 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 have found my delight: hear him.

Luke 10:16

He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.

John 1:17

For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists 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 one comes to the Father unless by me.

John 14:17

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you.

Acts 3:22-23

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For whatever promises of God there are, in him is the yea, and in him the amen, for glory to God by us.

2 Corinthians 11:10

The truth of Christ is in me that this boasting shall not be stopped as to me in the regions of Achaia.

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Hebrews 3:7-8

Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

1 John 5:10-12

He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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