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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• ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full 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 cause I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations, (Eph. 3:1)

of the Lord.

or, in the Lord.

beseech.

Jer. 38:20• (Jer. 38:20)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I exhort you then, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your intelligent service; (Rom. 12:1)

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1 Cor. 4:16• ¹⁶I beseech you then, become imitators of me. (1 Cor. 4:16)

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2 Cor. 5:20• ²⁰For Christ then we are ambassadors, 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• ¹And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (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, [I] who face to face [am] mean among you but absent am bold toward you( (2 Cor. 10:1)

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Gal. 4:12• ¹²Be as I, for I also [am] as ye, brethren, I beseech you: ye have in nothing wronged me; (Gal. 4:12)

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

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1 Peter 2:11• ¹¹Beloved, I exhort [you] as strangers and sojourners to abstain from the fleshly lusts such as 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 had from [the] beginning that we should love one another. (2 John 5)

walk.

Eph. 4:17• ¹⁷This then I say and testify in [the] Lord that ye should no longer walk even as also the rest of the nations walk in vanity of their mind, (Eph. 4:17)

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Eph. 5:2• ²even as the Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for an odour of sweet smell. (Eph. 5:2)

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Gen. 5:24• (Gen. 5:24)

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Gen. 17:1• (Gen. 17:1)

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Acts 9:31• ³¹The assembly then, throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied. (Acts 9:31)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only conduct yourselves worthily of the gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you or absent, I may hear of your concerns, that ye stand in one spirit, with one soul striving together with the faith of the gospel; (Phil. 1:27)

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Phil. 3:17‑18• ¹⁷Be joint-imitators of me, brethren, and mark those so walking as ye have us for a pattern.
¹⁸For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ, (Phil. 3:17‑18)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God, (Col. 1:10)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²There saluteth you Epaphras, who [is] of you, a bondman of Jesus Christ, always striving for you in prayers, 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 worthily of God that calleth you unto his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

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1 Thess. 4:1‑2• ¹Further, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as also ye do walk, ye 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 purloining, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. (Titus 2:10)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work unto the doing of his will, working in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

vocation.

Eph. 4:4• ⁴one body and one Spirit, even as ye were 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 that love God, to those that are called according to purpose.
²⁹For whom he foreknew, he also predetermined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he should be first-born among many brethren.
³⁰But whom he predetermined, them also he called, and whom he called, them also he justified, and whom he justified, them also he glorified. (Rom. 8:28‑30)

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Phil. 3:14• ¹⁴but one thing(for-getting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before, I pursue goalward unto the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14)

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

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who saved us, and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Heb. 3:1• ¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a 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 reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, because hereunto ye were called, that ye should inherit blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace that called you unto his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, after having suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)

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2 Peter 1:3• ³As his divine power hath granted to us all things that [are] for life and godliness through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and excellence, (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,

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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,