The Concordant Literal New Testament

Paul To The Ephesians

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¹ I am entreating you, then, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
² with all humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
³ endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit with the tie of peace:
⁴ one body and one spirit, according as you were called also with one expectation of your calling;
⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
⁶ one God and Father of all, Who is over all and through all and in all.
⁷ Now to each one of us was given grace in accord with the measure of the gratuity of Christ.
⁸ Wherefore He is saying, Ascending on high, He captures captivity And gives gifts to mankind.
⁹ Now the 'He ascended,' what is it except that He first descended also into the lower parts of the earth?
¹⁰ He Who descends is the Same Who ascends also, up over all who are of the heavens, that He should be completing all.
¹¹ And the same One gives these, indeed, as apostles, yet these as prophets, yet these as evangelists, yet these as pastors and teachers,
¹² toward the adjusting of the saints for the work of dispensing, for the upbuilding of the body of Christ,
¹³ unto the end that we should all attain to the unity of the faith and of the realization of the son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the complement of the Christ,
¹⁴ that we may by no means still be minors, surging hither and thither and being carried about by every wind of teaching, by human caprice, by craftiness with a view to the systematizing of the deception.
¹⁵ Now, being true, in love we should be making all grow into Him, Who is the Head -- Christ --
¹⁶ out of Whom the entire body, being articulated together and united through every assimilation of the supply, in accord with the operation in measure of each one's part, is making for the growth of the body, for the upbuilding of itself in love.
¹⁷ This, then, I am saying and attesting in the Lord: By no means are you still to be walking according as those of the nations also are walking, in the vanity of their mind,
¹⁸ their comprehension being darkened, being estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their hearts,
¹⁹ who, being past feeling, in greed give themselves up with wantonness to all uncleanness as a vocation.
²⁰ Now you did not thus learn Christ,
²¹ since, surely, Him you hear, and by Him were taught (according as the truth is in Jesus),
²² to put off from you, as regards your former behavior, the old humanity which is corrupted in accord with its seductive desires,
²³ yet to be rejuvenated in the spirit of your mind,
²⁴ and to put on the new humanity which, in accord with God, is being created in righteousness and benignity of the truth.
²⁵ Wherefore, putting off the false, let each be speaking the truth with his associate, for we are members of one another.
²⁶ Are you indignant, and not sinning? Do not let the sun be sinking on your vexation,
²⁷ nor yet be giving place to the Adversary.
²⁸ Let him who steals by no means still be stealing: yet rather let him be toiling, working with his hands at what is good, that he may have to share with one who has need.
²⁹ Let no tainted word at all be issuing out of your mouth, but if any is good toward needful edification, that it may be giving grace to those hearing.
³⁰ And do not be causing sorrow to the holy spirit of God by which you are sealed for the day of deliverance.
³¹ Let all bitterness and fury and anger and clamor and calumny be taken away from you with all malice,
³² yet become kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, dealing graciously among yourselves, according as God also, in Christ, deals graciously with you.

¹ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
² With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
³ Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
⁴ There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
⁵ One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
⁶ One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
⁷ But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
⁸ Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
⁹ (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
¹⁰ He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
¹³ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
¹⁵ But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
¹⁶ From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
¹⁷ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
¹⁸ Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
¹⁹ Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
²⁰ But ye have not so learned Christ;
²¹ If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
²² That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
²³ And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
²⁴ And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
²⁵ Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
²⁶ Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
²⁷ Neither give place to the devil.
²⁸ Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
²⁹ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
³⁰ And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
³² And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

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