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New American Standard Bible 2020

Ephesians 4:17-32

171So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, 2that you are to no longer walk just as the 3Gentiles also walk, in the 4futility of their minds, 18being 5darkened in their understanding, 67excluded from the life of God because of the 8ignorance that is in them, because of the 9hardness of their heart; 19and they, having 10become callous, 11have given themselves up to 12indecent behavior 13for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. 20But you did not 14learn Christ in this way, 21if indeed you 15have heard Him and have 16been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, 22that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to 17rid yourselves of the 18old 19self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the 20lusts of deceit, 23and that you are to be 21renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24and to 22put on the 23new 24self, which 2526in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

25Therefore, 27ridding yourselves of falsehood, 28speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are 29parts of one another. 2630Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27and do not 31give the devil 32an opportunity. 28The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather 33he must labor, 34producing with his own hands what is good, 35so that he will have something to share with the one who has need. 29Let no 3637unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for 38edification 39according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear. 3040Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, 41by whom you were 42sealed for the day of redemption. 3143All bitterness, wrath, anger, 44clamor, and slander must be 45removed from you, along with all 46malice. 3247Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, 48just as God in Christ also has forgiven 49you.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 4:17 Col 2:4 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 4:17 Eph 2:2; 4:22 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 4:17 I.e., unbelieving Gentiles ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 4:17 Rom 1:21; Col 2:18; 1 Pet 1:18; 2 Pet 2:18 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 4:18 Rom 1:21 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 4:18 Or alienated ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 4:18 Eph 2:1, 12 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 4:18 Acts 3:17; 17:30; 1 Cor 2:8; Heb 5:2; 9:7; 1 Pet 1:14 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 4:18 Mark 3:5; Rom 11:7, 25; 2 Cor 3:14 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 4:19 1 Tim 4:2 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 4:19 Rom 1:24 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 4:19 Col 3:5 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 4:19 Or greedy for the practice of every kind of impurity ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 4:20 Matt 11:29 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 4:21 Rom 10:14; Eph 1:13; 2:17; Col 1:5 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 4:21 Col 2:7 ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 4:22 Eph 4:25, 31; Col 3:8; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 4:22 Rom 6:6 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 4:22 Lit person ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 4:22 2 Cor 11:3; Heb 3:13 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 4:23 Rom 12:2 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 4:24 Rom 13:14 ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 4:24 Rom 6:4; 7:6; 12:2; 2 Cor 5:17; Col 3:10 ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 4:24 Lit person ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 4:24 Lit according to God ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 4:24 Eph 2:10 ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 4:25 Eph 4:22, 31; Col 3:8; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 4:25 Zech 8:16; Eph 4:15; Col 3:9 ↩
  29. 29. Ephesians 4:25 Rom 12:5 ↩
  30. 30. Ephesians 4:26 Ps 4:4 ↩
  31. 31. Ephesians 4:27 Rom 12:19; James 4:7 ↩
  32. 32. Ephesians 4:27 Lit a place ↩
  33. 33. Ephesians 4:28 Acts 20:35; 1 Cor 4:12; Gal 6:10 ↩
  34. 34. Ephesians 4:28 1 Thess 4:11; 2 Thess 3:8, 11f; Titus 3:8, 14 ↩
  35. 35. Ephesians 4:28 Luke 3:11; 1 Thess 4:12 ↩
  36. 36. Ephesians 4:29 Lit rotten ↩
  37. 37. Ephesians 4:29 Matt 12:34; Eph 5:4; Col 3:8 ↩
  38. 38. Ephesians 4:29 Eccl 10:12; Rom 14:19; Col 4:6 ↩
  39. 39. Ephesians 4:29 Lit of the need ↩
  40. 40. Ephesians 4:30 Is 63:10; 1 Thess 5:19 ↩
  41. 41. Ephesians 4:30 Lit in ↩
  42. 42. Ephesians 4:30 John 3:33; Eph 1:13 ↩
  43. 43. Ephesians 4:31 Rom 3:14; Col 3:8, 19 ↩
  44. 44. Ephesians 4:31 Or shouting ↩
  45. 45. Ephesians 4:31 Eph 4:22 ↩
  46. 46. Ephesians 4:31 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  47. 47. Ephesians 4:32 1 Cor 13:4; Col 3:12f; 1 Pet 3:8 ↩
  48. 48. Ephesians 4:32 Matt 6:14f; 2 Cor 2:10 ↩
  49. 49. Ephesians 4:32 Two early mss us ↩

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