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Ephesians 4:1-16

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

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1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

2 with all humility and meekness, with tolerance, forbearing one another in love,

2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

3 being diligent to guard the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling,

4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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.

6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

7 But unto each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

8 Therefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men.

8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”

9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?

10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all the heavens, that he might fulfill all things.)

10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers,

11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,

12 for the perfecting of the saints in the work of the ministry, unto the edifying of the body of the Christ

12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

13 until we all come forth in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the coming of age of the Christ:

13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

14 That we no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive,

14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

15 but following the truth in charity, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and well tied together among itself by the nourishment that every connecting bond supplies, by the operation of each member according to measure they have received, making increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in charity.

16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.