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<span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>But you did not learn Christ in this way, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>and put on the new self, which in <i>the likeness of</i> God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore, laying aside falsehood, <font size="1">SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE</font> <i>of you</i> <font size="1">WITH HIS NEIGHBOR</font>, for we are members of one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>B<font size="1">E ANGRY</font>, <font size="1">AND</font> <i>yet</i> <font size="1">DO NOT SIN</font>; do not let the sun go down on your anger, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>and do not give the devil an opportunity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have <i>something</i> to share with one who has need. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such <i>a word</i> as is good for edification according to the need <i>of the moment,</i> so that it will give grace to those who hear. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>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" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ephesians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ephesians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This then I say and testify in the Lord: That henceforward you walk not as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/ephesians/4.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye should no longer walk as the rest of the nations walk in the vanity of their mind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ephesians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ephesians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ephesians/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ephesians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_14_unto_the_measure.htm">January 14. "Unto the Measure of the Stature of the Fulness of Christ" (Eph. Iv. 13). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ" (Eph. iv. 13). God loves us so well that He will not suffer us to take less than His highest will. Some day we shall bless our faithful teacher, who kept the standard inflexibly rigid, and then gave us the strength and grace to reach it, and would not excuse us until we had accomplished all His glorious will. Let us be inexorable with ourselves. Let us mean exactly what God means, and have no discounts upon His promises or commandments. Let <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_14_unto_the_measure.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_27_the_building_up.htm">July 27. "The Building up of the Body of Christ" (R. V. , Eph. Iv. 13). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"The building up of the body of Christ" (R. V., Eph. iv. 13). God is preparing His heroes, and when the opportunity comes He can fit them into their place in a moment and the world will wonder where they came from. Let the Holy Ghost prepare you, dear friend, by all the discipline of life; and when the last finishing touch has been given to the marble, it will be easy for God to put it on the pedestal, and fit it into its niche. There is a day coming, when, like Othniel, we, too, shall judge the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_27_the_building_up.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_15_grow_up_into.htm">June 15. "Grow up into Him in all Things" (Eph. Iv. 15). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Grow up into Him in all things" (Eph. iv. 15). Harvest is a time of ripeness. Then the fruit and grain are fully developed, both in size and weight. Time has tempered the acid of the green fruit. It has been mellowed and softened by the rains and the heat of summer. The sun has tinted it into rich colors, and at last it is ready and ripe to fall into the hand. So Christian life ought to be. There are many things in life that need to be mellowed and ripened. Many Christians have orchards full of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_15_grow_up_into.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/discipline_and_other_sermons/sermon_viii_the_end_of_religion.htm">The End of Religion</a><br></span><span class="snippet">EPHESIANS iv. 23, 24. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and put ye on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. This text is exceedingly valuable to us for it tells us the end and aim of all religion. It tells us why we are to pray, whether at home or in church; why we are to read our Bibles and good books; why we are to be what is commonly called religious. It tells us, I say, the end and aim of all religion; namely, that we may put on 'the new man, which <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/discipline_and_other_sermons/sermon_viii_the_end_of_religion.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Kingsley—</span><span class="citation2">Discipline and Other Sermons</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/discipline_and_other_sermons/sermon_xxiv_the_likeness_of_god.htm">The Likeness of God</a><br></span><span class="snippet">EPHESIANS iv. 23, 24. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Be renewed, says St. Paul, in the spirit of your mind--in the tone, character, and habit of your mind. And put on the new man, the new pattern of man, who was created after God, in righteousness and true holiness. Pay attention, I beg you, to every word here. To understand them clearly is most important to you. According as you take them <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/discipline_and_other_sermons/sermon_xxiv_the_likeness_of_god.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Kingsley—</span><span class="citation2">Discipline and Other Sermons</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/seventeenth_sunday_after_trinity_the.htm">Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity the Christian Calling and Unity. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text: Ephesians 4, 1-6. 1 I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope 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. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/seventeenth_sunday_after_trinity_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther—</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. III</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/nineteenth_sunday_after_trinity_duty.htm">Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Duty to New and Old Man. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text: Ephesians 4, 22-28. 22 That ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23 and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: 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 <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/nineteenth_sunday_after_trinity_duty.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther—</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. III</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/the_calling_and_the_kingdom.htm">The Calling and the Kingdom</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'I beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.'--Eph. iv. 1. 'They shall walk with Me in white; for they are worthy.'--Rev. iii. 4. The estimate formed of a centurion by the elders of the Jews was, 'He is worthy for whom Thou shouldst do this' and in contrast therewith the estimate formed by himself was, 'I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof.' From these two statements we deduce the thought that merit has no place in the Christian's salvation, but all <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/the_calling_and_the_kingdom.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians, Peter,John</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/the_goal_of_progress.htm">The Goal of Progress</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Till we all attain unto the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.'--Eph. iv. 13 (R.V.). The thought of the unity of the Church is much in the Apostle's mind in this epistle. It is set forth in many places by his two favourite metaphors of the body and the temple, by the relation of husband and wife and by the family. It is contemplated in its great historical realisation by the union of Jew and <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/the_goal_of_progress.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians, Peter,John</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/a_dark_picture_and_a.htm">A Dark Picture and a Bright Hope</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'That ye put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.'--Eph. iv. 22. If a doctor knows that he can cure a disease he can afford to give full weight to its gravest symptoms. If he knows he cannot he is sorely tempted to say it is of slight importance, and, though it cannot be cured, can be endured without much discomfort. And so the Scripture teachings about man's real moral condition are characterised by two peculiarities which, at <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/a_dark_picture_and_a.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians, Peter,John</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/the_new_man.htm">The New Man</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.'--Eph. iv. 24. We had occasion to remark in a former sermon that Paul regards this and the preceding clauses as the summing up of 'the truth in Jesus'; or, in other words, he considers the radical transformation and renovation of the whole moral nature as being the purpose of the revelation of God in Christ. To this end they have 'heard Him.' To this end they have 'learned Him.' To this end they have <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/the_new_man.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians, Peter,John</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ephesians/4-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ephesians 4:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ephesians 4:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ephesians/4-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ephesians 4:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ephesians 4:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/ephesians/4-17.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>