DB1 | The Unity of the Body Eph.4.1-16 | NEB Contents | notes| 4 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 4 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. Or: descended to the regions beneath the earth. | (τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη 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. | |