EPH 4:1 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthily of the calling by which you were called,

UST Because of all this, as someone who is in prison because I serve the Lord Jesus, I appeal to you to live in a way that honors Jesus, who called you to live for him.

BSB § As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

BLB Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling to which you were called,

AICNT Therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

OEB I beg you, then – I who am a prisoner in the Master’s cause – to live lives worthy of the call that you have received;

WEBBE I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

LSV I, the prisoner of the LORD, then call on you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

FBV So I—this prisoner in the Lord—am encouraging you to make sure you live according to the principles to which you were called.

TCNT Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received,

T4T Therefore I, who am in prison because I serve the Lord Jesus, urge you, whom God has chosen to be his people, to do these things: Conduct your lives as God’s people should.

LEB Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

BBE I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

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Wymth I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received—

ASV I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

DRA I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called,

YLT Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

Drby I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

RV I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

Wbstr I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation by which ye are called,

KJB-1769 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
(I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech/implore you that ye/you_all walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye/you_all are called, )

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]I therefore the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that yee walke worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

4:1 Or, in the Lord.

Bshps I therfore, a prisoner in the Lorde, exhorte you, that ye walke worthy of the vocatio wherewith ye are called,
(I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, exhorte you, that ye/you_all walk worthy of the vocatio wherewith ye/you_all are called,)

Gnva I therefore, being prisoner in the Lord, praie you that yee walke worthie of the vocation whereunto yee are called,
(I therefore, being prisoner in the Lord, praie you that ye/you_all walk worthy of the vocation whereunto ye/you_all are called, )

Cvdl I therfore which am presoner in the LORDE, exhorte you, that ye walke as it becometh yor callinge wherin ye are called,
(I therefore which am presoner in the LORD, exhorte you, that ye/you_all walk as it becometh yor callinge wherin ye/you_all are called,)

TNT I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called
(I therefore which am in bondes for the lords sake exhorte you that ye/you_all walk worthy of the vocacion wherewith ye/you_all are called )

Wycl Therfor Y boundun for the Lord biseche you, that ye walke worthili in the clepyng,
(Therefore I bound for the Lord beseech/implore you, that ye/you_all walk worthyli in the clepyng,)

Luth So ermahne nun euch ich Gefangener in dem HErr’s, daß ihr wandelt, wie sich‘s gebührt eurer Berufung, darinnen ihr berufen seid,
(So ermahne now you I Gefangener in to_him LORD’s, that you/their/her wandelt, like sich‘s gebührt yours Berufung, darinnen you/their/her berufen seid,)

ClVg Obsecro itaque vos ego vinctus in Domino, ut digne ambuletis vocatione, qua vocati estis,[fn]
(Obsecro therefore you I vinctus in Master, as digne ambuletis vocatione, which vocati estis, )

4.1 Obsecro. Hactenus ostendit omnia gratiæ attribuenda, hinc de moribus monet, prius omnes communiter, post per singulos ordines.

4.1 Obsecro. Hactenus ostendit everything gratiæ attribuenda, hinc about moribus monet, first/before everyone communiter, after through singulos ordines.

UGNT παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἐγὼ ὁ δέσμιος ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε;
(parakalō oun humas, egō ho desmios en Kuriōi, axiōs peripataʸsai taʸs klaʸseōs haʸs eklaʸthaʸte;)

SBL-GNT Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ὁ δέσμιος ἐν κυρίῳ ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε,
(Parakalō oun humas egō ho desmios en kuriōi axiōs peripataʸsai taʸs klaʸseōs haʸs eklaʸthaʸte,)

TC-GNT Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγώ, ὁ δέσμιος ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε,
(Parakalō oun humas egō, ho desmios en Kuriōi, axiōs peripataʸsai taʸs klaʸseōs haʸs eklaʸthaʸte, )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Connecting Statement:

Because of what Paul has been writing to the Ephesians, he tells them how they should live their lives as believers and again emphasizes that believers are to agree with each other.

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

The connecting word Therefore introduces a reason-result relationship. The reason is that God will be glorified in the church for all generations. The result is that believers should walk in a way that is worthy of the Lord. Use a phrase in your language that connects a reason to a result.

ὁ δέσμιος ἐν Κυρίῳ

the prisoner in /the/_Lord

Alternate translation: [someone who is in prison because he serves the Lord]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως

worthily /to/_walk ˱of˲_the calling

The phrase to walk is a common way to express the idea of living one’s life.

τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε

˱of˲_the calling ˱to˲_which ˱you_all˲_/were/_called

Here, the calling refers to the fact that God chose them to be his people. Alternate translation: [because God chose you to be his people]

Parallel EPH 4:1

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