Thematic Bible
Ephesians 4:1 (show verse)
I therefore which am in bonds for the Lord's sake, exhort you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians 4:2 (show verse)
in all humbleness of mind, and meekness, and long suffering, forbearing one another through love,
Ephesians 4:3 (show verse)
and that ye be diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace,
Ephesians 4:4 (show verse)
being one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.
Ephesians 4:5 (show verse)
Let there be but one Lord, one faith, one baptism:
Ephesians 4:6 (show verse)
one God and father of all, which is above all, through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:7 (show verse)
Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Ephesians 4:8 (show verse)
Wherefore he saith, "He is gone up on high, and hath led captivity captive, and hath given gifts unto men."
Ephesians 4:9 (show verse)
That he ascended: what meaneth it, but that he also descended first into the lowest parts of the earth?
Ephesians 4:10 (show verse)
He that descended, is even the same also that ascended up, even above all heavens, to fulfill all things.
Ephesians 4:11 (show verse)
And the very same, made some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Shepherds, some Teachers:
Ephesians 4:12 (show verse)
that the saints might have all things necessary to work and minister withal, to the edifying of the body of Christ,
Ephesians 4:13 (show verse)
till we, everyone - in the unity of faith, and knowledge of the son of God - grow up unto a perfect man, after the measure of age which is of the fullness of Christ:
Ephesians 4:14 (show verse)
That we henceforth be no more children, wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men and craftiness, whereby they lay a wait for us to deceive us.
Ephesians 4:15 (show verse)
But let us follow the truth in love, and in all things grow in him which is the head, that is to say Christ,
Ephesians 4:16 (show verse)
in whom all the body is coupled and knit together, in every joint, wherewith one ministereth to another - according to the operation as every part hath his measure - and increaseth the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.
Ephesians 4:17 (show verse)
This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk; in vanity of their mind,
Ephesians 4:18 (show verse)
blinded in their understanding, being strangers from the life which is in God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts.
Ephesians 4:19 (show verse)
Which, being past repentance, have given themselves unto wantonness, to work all manner of uncleanness even with greediness.
Ephesians 4:20 (show verse)
But ye have not so learned Christ;
Ephesians 4:21 (show verse)
If so be ye have heard of him, and are taught in him, even as the truth is in Jesus:
Ephesians 4:22 (show verse)
so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,
Ephesians 4:23 (show verse)
and be ye renewed in the spirit of your minds,
Ephesians 4:24 (show verse)
and put on that new man, which after the image of God is shapen in righteousness, and true holiness.
Ephesians 4:25 (show verse)
Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.
Ephesians 4:26 (show verse)
Be angry, but sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
Ephesians 4:27 (show verse)
neither give place unto the backbiter.
Ephesians 4:28 (show verse)
Let him that stole, steal no more; but let him rather labour with his hands some good thing, that he may have to give unto him that needeth.
Ephesians 4:29 (show verse)
Let no filthy communication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good to edify withal, when need is, that it may have favour with the hearers.
Ephesians 4:30 (show verse)
And grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Ephesians 4:31 (show verse)
Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.
Ephesians 4:32 (show verse)
Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.