EPH 4:12 Parallel Verse View

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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.

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

WMBB 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,

T4T He 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:

Moff No Moff EPH book available

Wymth in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving—for the building up of Christ's body—

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,

Drby 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:

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

KJB-1769 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

KJB-1611 For the perfecting of the Saints, for the worke of the ministerie, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
(For the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministerie, for the edifying of the body of Christ:)

Bshps 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:)

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

Cvdl wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of ye body of Christ,
(wherby the sayntes might 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 )

Wycl 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 body,)

Luth 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/of_the body Christi erbauet become,)

ClVg ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii, in ædificationem corporis Christi:[fn]
(ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii, in ædificationem corporis of_Christ: )

4.12 In opus ministerii. Hos autem dedit in opus ministerii, ut quisque plene possit facere opus ministrationis sibi creditæ. Si enim unus haberet omnia, non perfecte ageret singula. Ad consummationem. Id est, ut eos consummaret qui jam sancti sunt. Et in ædificationem. Id est, ut eos ædificent in corpus Christi, qui adhuc sunt alieni.

4.12 In opus ministerii. Hos however he_gave in opus ministerii, as quisque plene possit facere opus ministrationis sibi he_believesæ. When/But_if because unus haberet everything, not/no perfecte ageret singula. Ad consummationem. That it_is, as them consummaret who yam sancti are. And in ædificationem. That it_is, as them ædificent in body of_Christ, who adhuc are alieni.

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).

UTN uW 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.

Parallel EPH 4:12