Ephesians 4:16
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
- KJV
- From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
- WEB
- from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
- ASV
- from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.
- DARBY
- from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.
- BLB
- from whom all the body, being fit together and being knit together by every joint of [its] supply, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.
- ÅB
- av hvem hele legemet sammenføyes og sammenknyttes ved hvert bånd som han gir, og vokser sin vekst som legeme til sin oppbyggelse i kjærlighet, alt etter den virksomhet som er tilmålt hver del især.
- OTB
- Fra ham vokser hele legemet, sammenføyd og holdt sammen av hvert støttende bånd, og bygger seg opp i kjærlighet, etter at hver del utfører sin oppgave.
- B1930
- av hvem hele legemet sammenføies og sammenknyttes ved hvert bånd som han gir, og vokser sin vekst som legeme til sin opbyggelse i kjærlighet, alt efter den virksomhet som er tilmålt hver del især.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 2:19
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
Read in contextJohn 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
Read in contextColossians 2:2
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:13–14:1
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
Read in contextEphesians 4:15
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
Read in contextEphesians 4:12
to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:9
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
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