Thematic Bible




Ephesians 4:1 (show verse)

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

Ephesians 4:2 (show verse)

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:3 (show verse)

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;

Ephesians 4:4 (show verse)

one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),

Ephesians 4:5 (show verse)

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Ephesians 4:6 (show verse)

one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in all.

Ephesians 4:7 (show verse)

Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ's gift.

Ephesians 4:8 (show verse)

Therefore it says, "Ascending on high he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men."

Ephesians 4:9 (show verse)

Now "he ascended," what is [it], except that he also descended to the lower regions of the earth?

Ephesians 4:10 (show verse)

The one who descended himself is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order that he might fill all [things].

Ephesians 4:11 (show verse)

And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers

Ephesians 4:12 (show verse)

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Ephesians 4:13 (show verse)

until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,

Ephesians 4:14 (show verse)

so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.

Ephesians 4:15 (show verse)

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,

Ephesians 4:16 (show verse)

from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:17 (show verse)

This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, [that] you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,

Ephesians 4:18 (show verse)

being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

Ephesians 4:19 (show verse)

who, becoming callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness, for the pursuit of all uncleanness in greediness.

Ephesians 4:20 (show verse)

But you did not learn Christ in this way,

Ephesians 4:21 (show verse)

if indeed you have heard [about] him, and you were taught by him (just as truth is in Jesus),

Ephesians 4:22 (show verse)

[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,

Ephesians 4:23 (show verse)

be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Ephesians 4:24 (show verse)

and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth.

Ephesians 4:25 (show verse)

Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

Ephesians 4:26 (show verse)

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,

Ephesians 4:27 (show verse)

nor give place to the devil.

Ephesians 4:28 (show verse)

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

Ephesians 4:29 (show verse)

{No rotten word must proceed} from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,

Ephesians 4:30 (show verse)

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

Ephesians 4:31 (show verse)

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

Ephesians 4:32 (show verse)

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.