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Ephesians 4:3
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Walk in Unity

1 I, therefore, the prisoner1 of the Lord, beseech you to awalk worthy of the calling with which you were called,  
2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit ain the bond of peace.  
4 aThere is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;  
5 aone Lord, bone faith, cone baptism;  
6 aone God and Father of all, who is above all, and bthrough all, and in you all.  

Spiritual Gifts

7 But ato each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.  
8 Therefore He says:
a“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”  
9 a(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also1 first descended into the lower parts of the earth?  
10 He who descended is also the One awho ascended far above all the heavens, bthat He might fill all things.)  
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, afor the edifying of bthe body of Christ,  
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith aand of the knowledge of the Son of God, to ba perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;  
14 that we should no longer be achildren, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of bdeceitful plotting,  
15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the ahead—Christ—  
16 afrom whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.  

The New Man

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should ano longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,  
18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the ablindness of their heart;  
Verse Comparison: Ephesians 4:3

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American Standard Version
giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Amplified® Bible
Be eager {and} strive earnestly to guard {and} keep the harmony {and} oneness of [and produced by] the Spirit in the binding power of peace.

Contemporary English Version
Try your best to let God's Spirit keep your hearts united. Do this by living at peace.

Darby English Version
using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.

Good News Bible
Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.

International Standard Version
Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of peace.

King James Version
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

New American Standard Bible
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

New International Version
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

New King James Version
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
showing diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Young's Literal Translation
being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;


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