Ephesians 4 (YLT)

1Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

2with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

3being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

4one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

5one Lord, one faith, one baptism,one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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

7and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' —This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

9and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

10he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things —He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

11and He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as proclaimers of good news, and some as shepherds and teachers,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,

12unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

13till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,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.

14that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,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.

15and, being true in love, we may increase to Him in all things, who is the head — the Christ;Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

16from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body doth make for the building up of itself in love.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.

17This, 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,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.

18being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,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.

19who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;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.

20and ye did not so learn the Christ,But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

21if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

22ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

23and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

24and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

25Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

26be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

27neither give place to the devil;and do not give the devil a foothold.

28whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.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.

29Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;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.

30and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

32and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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