Ephesians 4 (NET)

Ephesians 4:1¹I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:10Phil 1:271 Thess 2:121 Thess 4:1-22 Pet 1:32 Tim 1:91 Cor 4:162 Thess 1:11Eph 4:17Gen 17:1

Ephesians 4:2²with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:12-131 Cor 13:71 Cor 13:4-5Matt 11:29Rom 15:1Gal 5:22-231 Tim 6:11Matt 5:3-5Prov 3:34Num 12:3

Ephesians 4:3³making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:10Col 3:13-151 Cor 12:12-13John 13:34Rom 14:17-19Heb 12:142 Cor 13:11John 17:21-23Jas 3:17-181 Thess 5:13

Ephesians 4:4⁴There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:18Rom 12:4-51 Cor 12:4-131 Cor 12:20Eph 1:18Eph 4:1Col 1:5Heb 6:18-19Col 3:15Eph 5:30

Ephesians 4:5⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 8:61 Cor 12:131 Pet 3:21Rom 3:30Gal 3:26-28Matt 28:191 Cor 1:13Jude 1:3Zech 14:91 Cor 1:2

Ephesians 4:6⁶one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:361 Cor 8:6Mal 2:10Gal 3:26-281 John 3:24Gal 4:3-7John 20:17Rev 4:8-111 John 4:12-15Matt 6:9

Ephesians 4:7⁷But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:10Rom 12:31 Cor 12:7-11Eph 3:2Rom 12:6-81 Cor 12:28-30John 3:34Eph 3:8Eph 4:8-14Matt 25:15

Ephesians 4:8⁸Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 68:18Col 2:15

Ephesians 4:9⁹Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 3:13Matt 12:40Prov 30:4John 6:33Ps 63:9Exod 19:20Gen 11:5Heb 2:9Isa 44:23John 16:27-28

Ephesians 4:10¹⁰He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 7:26Heb 4:14Eph 1:20-23Col 2:9Heb 9:23-241 Tim 3:16Col 1:19Matt 24:34Acts 1:9Eph 3:19

Ephesians 4:11¹¹And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 3:151 Cor 12:28-29Eph 2:202 Tim 4:5Acts 20:28Matt 28:20Rom 10:14-15Eph 4:81 Pet 5:1-32 Chr 15:3

Ephesians 4:12¹²to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:11-14Eph 4:161 Cor 12:27Rom 15:141 Cor 14:4-5Rom 14:191 Cor 14:261 Cor 14:121 Tim 1:122 Cor 5:18

Ephesians 4:13¹³until 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:28John 17:21Eph 4:3Eph 4:51 Cor 14:202 Pet 3:18Heb 5:14Jer 32:38-39Phil 3:8Col 2:2

Ephesians 4:14¹⁴So 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 13:9Rom 16:17-181 Cor 14:201 John 4:1Heb 5:12-14Jas 1:62 Cor 2:17Eph 6:112 Pet 2:1-3Col 2:4-8

Ephesians 4:15¹⁵But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:18Eph 4:25Zech 8:161 Pet 1:222 Pet 3:181 Pet 2:2Eph 1:22Rom 12:9Eph 2:21John 1:47

Ephesians 4:16¹⁶From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 2:19John 15:5Col 2:21 Cor 13:13-14:1Eph 4:12Eph 4:151 Thess 2:131 Tim 1:5Phil 1:91 Cor 12:12-28

Ephesians 4:17¹⁷So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:211 Pet 4:3-41 Thess 4:1-2Col 3:5-8Eph 2:1-32 Pet 2:18Col 2:41 Pet 1:18Acts 14:15Acts 18:5

Ephesians 4:18¹⁸They 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:15Eph 2:12Rom 1:21-23John 12:401 Thess 4:52 Cor 4:4Jas 4:4Col 1:211 John 2:11Gal 4:8

Ephesians 4:19¹⁹Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:5Rom 1:24-261 Tim 4:2Jude 1:111 Pet 4:32 Pet 2:12-14Rev 18:32 Pet 2:22Eph 4:17Isa 56:11

Ephesians 4:20²⁰But you did not learn about Christ like this,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 2:11-14John 6:45Matt 11:291 John 2:272 Cor 5:14-15Luke 24:47Rom 6:1-2

Ephesians 4:21²¹if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 5:20Eph 1:13Heb 3:7-81 John 5:10-12John 14:17Col 2:7John 10:272 Cor 1:202 Cor 11:10John 1:17

Ephesians 4:22²²You 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,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 6:6Heb 12:1Jas 1:211 Pet 2:1-2Heb 3:13Col 3:7-9Titus 3:3Eph 4:251 Pet 4:3Eph 4:17

Ephesians 4:23²³to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:2Rom 8:6Ps 51:10Col 3:101 Pet 1:13Ezek 36:26Titus 3:5Eph 2:10Ezek 18:31Ezek 11:19

Ephesians 4:24²⁴and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image —in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:10-142 Cor 5:17Eph 2:10Rom 13:14Eph 6:11Rom 6:42 Cor 3:182 Cor 4:16Rom 13:121 John 3:2-3

Ephesians 4:25²⁵Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:9Zech 8:16Prov 12:22Rom 12:5Eph 4:15Prov 12:17Prov 8:7Prov 12:19Rev 21:8Jer 9:3-5

Ephesians 4:26²⁶Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:19Ps 4:4Ps 37:8Eph 4:31-32Eccl 7:9Prov 14:29Prov 19:11Rom 12:19-21Matt 5:22Exod 32:21-22

Ephesians 4:27²⁷Do not give the devil an opportunity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 4:71 Pet 5:8Eph 6:16Eph 6:112 Cor 2:10-11Acts 5:3

Ephesians 4:28²⁸The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:181 Thess 4:11-12Gal 6:10Exod 20:152 Thess 3:11-122 Thess 3:6-8Luke 21:1-4Zech 5:3Hos 4:2Luke 3:10-14

Ephesians 4:29²⁹You 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 would give grace to those who hear.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 4:61 Thess 5:11Eccl 10:12Prov 15:7Col 3:8-9Matt 12:34-37Prov 25:11-12Ps 37:30-31Jas 3:2-8Prov 15:2-4

Ephesians 4:30³⁰And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:19Isa 63:10Eph 1:13-14Acts 7:51Gen 6:6Rom 8:23Rom 8:11Isa 43:24Mark 3:5Ps 78:40

Ephesians 4:31³¹You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk—indeed all malice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:8Eccl 7:9Titus 3:2-31 Pet 2:1Jas 1:19Col 3:19Jas 3:14-4:2Eph 4:261 John 3:12Lev 19:16-18

Ephesians 4:32³²Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:12-13Matt 6:14-15Mark 11:251 Pet 3:8-92 Cor 2:10Eph 5:1Luke 6:35Luke 6:37Matt 6:12Luke 17:4