| New English Bible | Ephesians:4 | Novum Testamentum Graece (UBS.Ed.26) | ||
| 1 | I ENTREAT YOU, THEN—I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake: as God has called you, live up to your calling. | The Unity of the Body Eph.4.1-16 | Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ὁ δέσμιος ἐν κυρίῳ ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε, | |
| 2 | Be humble always and gentle, and patient too. Be forbearing with one another and charitable. | μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πραΰτητος, μετὰ μακροθυμίας, ἀνεχόμενοι ἀλλήλων ἐν ἀγάπῃ, | ||
| 3 | Spare no effort to make fast with bonds of peace the unity which the Spirit gives. | σπουδάζοντες τηρεῖν τὴν ἑνότητα τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρήνης· | ||
| 4 | There is one body and one Spirit, as there is also one hope held out in God's call to you; | ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν Πνεῦμα, καθὼς καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς κλήσεως ὑμῶν· | ||
| 5 | one Lord, one faith, one baptism; | εἷς κύριος, μία πίστις, ἓν βάπτισμα· | ||
| 6 | one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. | εἷς θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων καὶ διὰ πάντων καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν. | ||
| 7 | But each of us has been given his gift, his due portion of Christ's bounty. | Ἑνὶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Χριστοῦ. | ||
| 8 | Therefore Scripture says:
With captives in his train; He gave gifts to men.' | - When he ascended on high he led a host of captives Eph.4.8 | Ps.68.18 | διὸ λέγει, Ἀναβὰς εἰς ὕψος ᾐχμαλώτευσεν αἰχμαλωσίαν, | |
| 9 | Now, the word 'ascended' implies that he also descended to the lowest level, down to the very earth. | (τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα τῆς γῆς; | ||
| 10 | He who descended is no other than he who ascended far above all heavens, so that he might fill the universe. | ὁ καταβὰς αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα.) | ||
| 11 | And these were his gifts: some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, | καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδωκεν τοὺς μὲν ἀποστόλους, τοὺς δὲ προφήτας, τοὺς δὲ εὐαγγελιστάς, τοὺς δὲ ποιμένας καὶ διδασκάλους, | ||
| 12 | to equip God's people for work in his service, to the building up of the body of Christ. | πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἀγίων εἰς ἐργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, | ||
| 13 | So shall we all at last attain to the unity inherent in our faith and our knowledge of the Son of God—to mature manhood, measured by nothing less than the full stature of Christ. | μέχρι καταντήσωμεν οἱ πάντες εἰς τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς πίστεως καὶ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰς ἀνδρα τέλειον, εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, | ||
| 14 | We are no longer to be children, tossed by the waves and whirled about by every fresh gust of teaching, dupes of crafty rogues and their deceitful schemes. | ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν νήπιοι, κλυδωνιζόμενοι καὶ περιφερόμενοι παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας ἐν τῇ κυβείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐν πανουργίᾳ πρὸς τὴν μεθοδείαν τῆς πλάνης, | ||
| 15 | No, let us speak the truth in love; so shall we fully grow up into Christ. He is the head, and on him the whole body depends. | ἀληθεύοντες δὲ ἐν ἀγάπῃ αὐξήσωμεν εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα, ὁς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλή, Χριστός, | ||
| 16 | Bonded and knit together by every constituent joint, the whole frame grows through the due activity of each part, and builds itself up in love. | ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα συναρμολογούμενον καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον διὰ πάσης ἀφῆς τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας κατ' ἐνέργειαν ἐν μέτρῳ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου μέρους τὴν αὐξησιν τοῦ σώματος ποιεῖται εἰς οἰ κοδομὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ. | ||
| 17 | This then is my word to you, and I urge it upon you in the Lord's name. Give up living like pagans with their good-for-nothing notions. | The Old Life and the New Eph.4.17-24 | Τοῦτο οὖν λέγω καὶ μαρΤύρομαι ἐν κυρίῳ, μηκέτι ὑμᾶς περιπατεῖν καθὼς καὶ τὰ ἐθνη περιπατεῖ ἐν ματαιότητι τοῦ νοὸς αὐτῶν, | |
| 18 | Their wits are beclouded, they are strangers to the life that is in God, because ignorance prevails among them and their minds have grown hard as stone. | ἐσκοτωμένοι τῇ διανοίᾳ ὄντες, ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ θεοῦ, διὰ τὴν ἀγνοιαν τὴν οὖσαν ἐν αὐτοῖς, διὰ τὴν πώρωσιν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, | ||
| 19 | Dead to all feeling, they have abandoned themselves to vice, and stop at nothing to satisfy their foul desires. | οἱτινες ἀπηλγηκότες ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ εἰς ἐργασίαν ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ. | ||
| 20 | But that is not how you learned Christ. | ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὑτως ἐμάθετε τὸν Χριστόν, | ||
| 21 | For were you not told of him, were you not as Christians taught the truth as it is in Jesus? | εἰ γε αὐτὸν ἠκούσατε καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐδιδάχθητε, καθώς ἐστιν ἀλήθεια ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, | ||
| 22 | —that, leaving your former way of life, you must lay aside that old human nature which, deluded by its lusts, is sinking towards death. | ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης, | ||
| 23 | You must be made new in mind and spirit, | ἀνανεοῦσθαι δὲ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν, | ||
| 24 | and put on the new nature of God's creating, which shows itself in the just and devout life called for by the truth. | καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας. | ||
| 25 | Then throw off falsehood; speak the truth to each other, for all of us are the parts of one body. | Rules for the New Life Eph.4.25-5.5 | Διὸ ἀποθέμενοι τὸ ψεῦδος λαλεῖτε ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐσμὲν ἀλλήλων μέλη. | |
| 26 | If you are angry, do not let anger lead you into sin, do not let sunset find you still nursing it; | ὀργίζεσθε καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε· ὁ ἡλιος μὴ ἐπιδυέτω ἐπὶ παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν, | ||
| 27 | leave no loop-hole for the devil. | μηδὲ δίδοτε τόπον τῷ διαβόλῳ. | ||
| 28 | The thief must give up stealing, and instead work hard and honestly with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the needy. | ὁ κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω, μᾶλλον δὲ κοπιάτω ἐργαζόμενος ταῖς χερσὶν τὸ ἀγαθόν, ἵνα ἐχῃ μεταδιδόναι τῷ χρείαν ἐχοντι. | ||
| 29 | No bad language must pass your lips, but only what is good and helpful to the occasion, so that it brings a blessing to those who hear it. | πᾶς λόγος σαπρὸς ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν μὴ ἐκπορευέσθω, ἀλλὰ εἰ τις ἀγαθὸς πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χρείας, ἵνα δῷ χάριν τοῖς ἀκούουσιν. | ||
| 30 | And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, for that Spirit is the seal with which you were marked for the day of our final liberation. | καὶ μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἀγιον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθητε εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως. | ||
| 31 | Have done with spite and passion, all angry shouting and cursing, and bad feeling of every kind. | πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφ' ὑμῶν σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ. | ||
| 32 | Be generous to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you. | γίνεσθε εἰς ἀλλήλους χρηστοί, εὐσπλαγχνοι, χαριζόμενοι ἑαυτοῖς καθὼς καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν Χριστῷ ἐχαρίσατο ὑμῖν. | ||
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