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Eph. 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I therefore, the prisoner γof the Lord, beseech you that ye walks worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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1-6: He exhorts to unity;

7-10: and declares that God therefore gives divers gifts unto men;

11-15: that his church might be edified,

16-17: and grow up in Christ.

18-23: He calls them from the impurity of the Gentiles;

24: to put on the new man;

25-28: to cast off lying;

29-32: and corrupt communication.

prisoner.

Eph. 3:1• ¹For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations, (Eph. 3:1)

of the Lord.

or, in the Lord.

beseech.

Jer. 38:20• ²⁰And Jeremiah said, They shall not give thee over. Hearken, I beseech thee, unto the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. (Jer. 38:20)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service. (Rom. 12:1)

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1 Cor. 4:16• ¹⁶I entreat you therefore, be my imitators. (1 Cor. 4:16)

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2 Cor. 5:20• ²⁰We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain: (2 Cor. 6:1)

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2 Cor. 10:1• ¹But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, when present am mean among you, but absent am bold towards you; (2 Cor. 10:1)

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Gal. 4:12• ¹²Be as *I* am, for *I* also am as *ye*, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me. (Gal. 4:12)

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Philem. 9‑10• ⁹for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.
¹⁰I exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus, (Philem. 9‑10)

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1 Peter 2:11• ¹¹Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)

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2 John 5• ⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we should love one another. (2 John 5)

walk.

Eph. 4:17• ¹⁷This 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, (Eph. 4:17)

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Eph. 5:2• ²and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. (Eph. 5:2)

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Gen. 5:24• ²⁴And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. (Gen. 5:24)

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Gen. 17:1• ¹And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty *God: walk before my face, and be perfect. (Gen. 17:1)

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Acts 9:31• ³¹The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 9:31)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings; (Phil. 1:27)

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Phil. 3:17‑18• ¹⁷Be imitators all together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;
¹⁸(for many walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: (Phil. 3:17‑18)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²Epaphras, who is one of you, the bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. (Col. 4:12)

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1 Thess. 2:12• ¹²that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

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1 Thess. 4:1‑2• ¹For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
²For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus. (1 Thess. 4:1‑2)

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Titus 2:10• ¹⁰not robbing their masters, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the teaching which is of our Saviour God in all things. (Titus 2:10)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

vocation.

Eph. 4:4• ⁴There is one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling; (Eph. 4:4)

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Rom. 8:28‑30• ²⁸But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
²⁹Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren.
³⁰But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified. (Rom. 8:28‑30)

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Phil. 3:14• ¹⁴I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14)

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2 Thess. 1:11• ¹¹To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power, (2 Thess. 1:11)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Heb. 3:1• ¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus, (Heb. 3:1)

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1 Peter 3:9• ⁹not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing others, because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)

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2 Peter 1:3• ³As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue, (2 Peter 1:3)

• The first part of this chapter gives ecclesiastical, the second, individual godliness. (“Thoughts on Ephesians 4” by J.N. Darby)

• There are two standards of judgment: one is what God set up at the first; the other is, are they prepared for Christ's coming? (“Thoughts on Ephesians 4” by J.N. Darby)

• {v.1-6} No man can be a Christian without being one with all those who are so. We cannot exercise faith, nor enjoy hope, nor express Christian life in any form whatever, without having the same faith and the same hope as the rest, without giving expression to that which exists in the rest. Only we are called on to maintain it practically. (“Ephesians 4-5” by J.N. Darby)

• In the early verses, to the end of verse 6, we find rather the unity of the Spirit; from verse 7 the diversity of the members of Christ. (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:1-6” by W. Kelly)

• This vocation consists of two parts more particularly. First, the saints, all who know the Lord Jesus Christ, compose one body in Him; secondly, they are the habitation of God through the Spirit. (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:1-6” by W. Kelly)

• What a wonderful honor! There were no fiery chariots to surround him, as with Elijah; no power put forth to preserve him. He is suffering from the same empire that crucified the Lord of glory; and out of his prison he is cheering the saints to walk worthy of that same calling! (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:1-6” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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*I*, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewithb ye have been called,

JND Translation Notes

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Or "according to which."

W. Kelly Translation

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I exhort you therefore, I the prisoner in [the] Lord, that ye walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,