Ephesians -- verse by verse

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:9

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

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:10

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

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:11

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

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:12

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

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:13

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.

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:14

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.

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:15

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.

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:16

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.

 

[doc329]

Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:18

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

 

[doc329]

Ephesians 4:19
who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:20

That, however, is not the way of life you learned

 

[doc329]

Ephesians 4:21
if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

 

[doc329]

Ephesians 4:22
that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:23

to be made new in the attitude of your minds;

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Ephesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

 

[RitaKay]

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

 

[doc329]

Ephesians 4:27
neither give place to the devil.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Ephesians 4:28
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.