Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- KJV
- I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- WEB
- I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
- ASV
- I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
- DARBY
- *I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
- BLB
- Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you⁺ to walk worthily of the calling to which you⁺ were called,
- ÅB
- Jeg formaner dere altså, jeg, den fangne i Herren, at dere vandrer så som verdig er for det kall som dere er kalt med,
- OTB
- Som en fange for Herren, oppfordrer jeg dere til å oppføre dere på en måte som er verdig det kall dere har mottatt,
- B1930
- Jeg formaner eder altså, jeg, den fangne i Herren, at I vandrer så som verdig er for det kall som I er kalt med,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 1:10
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Read in contextPhilippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:12
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Read in context2 Peter 1:3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:16
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:11
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
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