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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ephesians 4 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ephesians/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ephesians/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Ephesians 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ephesians/3.htm" title="Ephesians 3">◄</a> Ephesians 4 <a href="../ephesians/5.htm" title="Ephesians 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/ephesians/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Live in Unity</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>one Lord, one faith, one baptism, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore it says<i>,</i> “<b><i>When he ascended on high he captured</i></b> <i><b>captives</b>; <b>he gave gifts to men</b></i><span class="smallcaps">.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now what is the meaning of “<b><i>he ascended</i></b>,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God – a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.</p> <p class="title">Live in Holiness</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But you did not learn about Christ like this, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore, having laid aside falsehood<i>, <b>each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor</b>,</i> for we are members of one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><i><b>Be angry and do not sin</b>;</i> do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Do not give the devil an opportunity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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