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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 BSB</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.js'></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="../">BSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/ephesians/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Unity in the Body<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../psalms/133.htm">Psalm 133:1–3</a>; <a href ="../1_corinthians/1.htm#10">1 Corinthians 1:10–17</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: <A name="3"></a><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, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>one Lord, one faith, one baptism; <A name="7"></a><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. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This is why it says:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent1stline">“When He ascended on high, <p class="indent2"> He led captives away, <p class="indent2"> and gave gifts to men.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> to the lower parts of the earth? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">New Life in Christ <br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../colossians/3.htm">Colossians 3:1–17</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But this is not the way you came to know Christ. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus— <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Be angry, yet do not sin.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> Do not let the sun set upon your anger, <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and do not give the devil a foothold. <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need. <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen. <A name="31"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. <A name="32"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>He says</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <a href="../psalms/68.htm#18">Psalm 68:18</a><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR <i>except that He also descended first</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>“In your anger do not sin.”</i><span class="thin"> </span> <a href="../psalms/4.htm#4">Psalm 4:4</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible, BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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