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Parallel EPH 4:12

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BI Eph 4:12 ©

OET (OET-RV) so as to complete the dedicated ones for the work of service—for building the body of the messiah

OET-LVwith the completing of_the holy ones for the_work of_service, because/for the_building of_the body of_the chosen_one/messiah,

SR-GNTπρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων εἰς ἔργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, 
   (pros ton katartismon tōn hagiōn eis ergon diakonias, eis oikodomaʸn tou sōmatos tou ˚Ⱪristou,)

Key: orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 for the equipping of the saints for the work of serving, for building up of the body of Christ,

UST God appointed all of them to prepare God’s people to do the work of serving others so that all the people who belong to the Messiah might become spiritually strong.


BSB to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

BLB toward the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,

AICNT for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,

OEB to fit his people for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of the Christ.

WEB for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

WMB for the perfecting of the holy ones, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Messiah,

NET to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

LSV to the perfecting of the holy ones, for a work of ministry, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

FBV with the purpose of preparing God's people for the work of helping others, to help the body of Christ to grow.

TCNT to equip the saints for the work of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

T4THe appointed all of these in order that they would prepare God’s people to do God’s work, so that all the people who belong to Christ [MET] might become spiritually mature.

LEB for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

BBE For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

MOFNo MOF EPH book available

ASV for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

DRA For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

YLT unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

DBY for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

RV for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

WBS for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

KJB For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

BB To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the worke of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christe:
  (To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the work of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christ:)

GNV For the repairing of the Saintes, for the woorke of the ministerie, and for the edification of the bodie of Christ,

CB wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of ye body of Christ,
  (wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together through comen service to the edifienge of ye/you_all body of Christ,)

TNT that the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ
  (that the sainctes might have all things necessarie to work and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ)

WYC to the ful endyng of seyntis, in to the werk of mynystrie, in to edificacioun of Cristis bodi,
  (to the full endyng of seyntis, in to the work of mynystrie, in to edification of Christis bodi,)

LUT daß die Heiligen zugerichtet werden zum Werk des Amts, dadurch der Leib Christi erbauet werde,
  (daß the Heiligen zugerichtet become for_the Werk the Amts, dadurch the body Christi erbauet become,)

CLV ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii, in ædificationem corporis Christi:

UGNT πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων εἰς ἔργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
  (pros ton katartismon tōn hagiōn eis ergon diakonias, eis oikodomaʸn tou sōmatos tou Ⱪristou,)

SBL-GNT πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων εἰς ἔργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
  (pros ton katartismon tōn hagiōn eis ergon diakonias, eis oikodomaʸn tou sōmatos tou Ⱪristou,)

TC-GNT πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων, εἰς ἔργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ·
  (pros ton katartismon tōn hagiōn, eis ergon diakonias, eis oikodomaʸn tou sōmatos tou Ⱪristou;)

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


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

4:12 God’s gifts are given so that believers will build up the church (see 1 Cor 12:7; cp. 1 Pet 2:5).
• to equip God’s people to do his work: All believers are called to active Christian service.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων

with the completing ˱of˲_the holy_‹ones›

Alternate translation: “to prepare the people whom he has set apart” or “to provide the believers with what they need”

εἰς ἔργον διακονίας

for /the/_work ˱of˲_service

Alternate translation: “so that they can serve others”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ

for for /the/_building ˱of˲_the body ˱of˲_the Messiah

Paul is speaking of people who grow spiritually as if they were doing exercises to increase the strength of their physical bodies.

οἰκοδομὴν

/the/_building

Alternate translation: “the improvement”

τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ

˱of˲_the body ˱of˲_the Messiah

The body of Christ refers to all of the members of Christ’s Church.

BI Eph 4:12 ©