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Ephesians 4:17

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15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

16 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.

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.

19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

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BSB
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.
KJV
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
WEB
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
ASV
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,
DARBY
This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
BLB
This therefore I say and testify in the Lord: You⁺ [are] no longer to walk as also the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
ÅB
Dette sier jeg da og vitner i Herren at dere ikke lenger skal vandre som hedningene vandrer i sitt sinns tomhet,
OTB
Så sier jeg dette, og bekrefter i Herren, at dere ikke lenger skal leve som hedningene gjør, i deres tankers tomhet.
B1930
Dette sier jeg da og vidner i Herren at I ikke lenger skal vandre som hedningene vandrer i sitt sinns tomhet,

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Cross references

  • Romans 1:21

    For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

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  • 1 Peter 4:3–4

    For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2

    Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

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  • Colossians 3:5–8

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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  • Ephesians 2:1–3

    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

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  • 2 Peter 2:18

    With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

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  • Colossians 2:4

    I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

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  • 1 Peter 1:18

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

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