EPH 4:6 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: light-green:nominative/subject, 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 RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST There is one God, who is the Father of all of us, whether Jew or non-Jew. He rules over all of us, works through all of us, and is in all of us.

AICNT one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in [[us]][fn] all.

4:6, us: Later manuscripts add. BYZ ‖ others add “you.” D(05) TR

OEB There is but one God and Father of all – the God who is over all, pervades all, and is in all.

WEBBE one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

LSV one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,

FBV there's one God and Father of everyone. He is over all and through all and in all.

TCNT one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in [fn]us all.

4:6 us ¦ you TR ¦ — CT

T4T There is one God, who is the spiritual Father of all us believers. He rules over all his people; he enables all his people to do powerful things (OR, he sustains all his people); and his Spirit lives in all his people.

LEB one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

BBE One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

Moff one God and Father of all, who is over us all, who pervades us all, who is within us all.

Wymth and one God and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all, and dwells in all.

ASV one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

DRA One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.

YLT one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,

Drby one [fn]God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

4.6 Elohim

RV one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

SLT One God and Father of all, who over all, and through all, and in you all.

Wbstr One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

KJB-1769 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

KJB-1611 One God and Father of all, who is aboue all, & through all, & in you all.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps One God, and father of all, whiche is aboue all, and through all, and in you all.
(One God, and father of all, which is above all, and through all, and in you all.)

Gnva One God and Father of all, which is aboue all, and through all, and in you all.
(One God and Father of all, which is above all, and through all, and in you all. )

Cvdl one God and father of vs all, which is aboue all, and thorow all, and in you all.
(one God and father of us all, which is above all, and through all, and in you all.)

TNT one god and father of all which is above all thorow all and in you all.
(one god and father of all which is above all through all and in you all. )

Wycl o feith, o baptym, o God and fadir of alle, which is aboue alle men, and bi alle thingis, and in vs alle.
(o faith, o baptism, o God and father of all, which is above all men, and by all things, and in us alle.)

Luth ein GOtt und Vater (unser) aller, der da ist über euch alle und durch euch alle und in euch allen.
(a God and father (unser) all, the/of_the there is above you all and through you all and in you all/everyone.)

ClVg Unus Deus et Pater omnium, qui est super omnes, et per omnia, et in omnibus nobis.
(One God and Pater of_all, who/which it_is over everyone, and through everything, and in/into/on to_all us. )

UGNT εἷς Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων, καὶ διὰ πάντων, καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν.
(heis Theos kai Pataʸr pantōn, ho epi pantōn, kai dia pantōn, kai en pasin.)

SBL-GNT εἷς θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων καὶ διὰ πάντων καὶ ἐν ⸀πᾶσιν.
(heis theos kai pataʸr pantōn, ho epi pantōn kai dia pantōn kai en ⸀pasin.)

RP-GNT εἷς θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων, καὶ διὰ πάντων, καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν ἡμῖν.
(heis theos kai pataʸr pantōn, ho epi pantōn, kai dia pantōn, kai en pasin haʸmin.)

TC-GNT εἷς Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων, καὶ διὰ πάντων, καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν [fn]ἡμῖν.
(heis Theos kai pataʸr pantōn, ho epi pantōn, kai dia pantōn, kai en pasin haʸmin. )

4:6 ημιν ¦ υμιν TR ¦ — CT

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–16: Believers are united in Christ

In the previous sections, Paul taught the important truths of the Christian faith. In this section, Paul showed how those truths should affect the way we live. He urged the Ephesian Christians to behave in the way that would keep their unity. He explained in detail the basis of this unity. He also explained that Christ gives believers power to do different tasks so that the church may become strong and mature. Mature believers should no longer be influenced by false teaching. Instead, they will proclaim the truth, and the church, with Christ as its head, will grow as it should and become strong.

Here are some other examples for a heading for this section:

Unity of the body of Christ

Christ’s gifts to the church

Live in unity, using God’s gifting to strengthen believers

Paul urges the Ephesians to live a life of unity in Christ

Believers in Christ should live in unity, strengthening each other

4:6a

one God and Father of all,

And there is one God who is the Father of all believers,
We all worship the same God who is the Father of us^(incl) all.

one God and Father of all: The words God and Father refer to the same Person. You can say:

There is only one God, and he is the Father of all of us.

We all worship the same God who is the Father of us all.

all: There are at least three ways to understand the word all.

It means all believers.
It means all people whether believers or not. For example:
there is one God and Father of all people (GNT)
It means all things or all creation. For example:
There is one God and Father of everything. (NCV)

Many versions say only all, and it is not possible to tell which interpretation they follow. If you want to make the all explicit, it is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), which many commentaries support. It is true that God is the God of all people, and he is over all people. However, because Paul is speaking of the unity of the church in these verses, he probably means all Christians, whether Jew or Gentile. So you could translate all as:

all of us

all his people

4:6b

who is over all and through all and in all.

And he is the ruler over everyone, works through everyone and is in everyone.
He is/rules over us^(incl) all, he works through us all, and he lives in us all.

who is over all: The phrase who is over all means that God rules over all his people. He owns us all. For example:

of all people (GNT)

through all: The phrase through all means that God does his work through all his people.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

works through all (GNT)

he works by using all of us (CEV)

in all: The phrase in all means that God lives/dwells in all his people by his Spirit. For example:

and he lives in all of us (CEV)

Parallel EPH 4:6

Section 4:1–16: Believers are united in Christ

4:6a

4:6b