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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• ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the 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 Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, (Eph. 3:1)

of the Lord.

or, in the Lord.

beseech.

Jer. 38:20• ²⁰But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. (Jer. 38:20)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (Rom. 12:1)

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1 Cor. 4:16• ¹⁶Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. (1 Cor. 4:16)

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2 Cor. 5:20• ²⁰Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (2 Cor. 6:1)

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2 Cor. 10:1• ¹Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: (2 Cor. 10:1)

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Gal. 4:12• ¹²Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. (Gal. 4:12)

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Philem. 9‑10• ⁹Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
¹⁰I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: (Philem. 9‑10)

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1 Peter 2:11• ¹¹Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)

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2 John 5• ⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. (2 John 5)

walk.

Eph. 4:17• ¹⁷This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, (Eph. 4:17)

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Eph. 5:2• ²And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor. (Eph. 5:2)

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Gen. 5:24• ²⁴And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. (Gen. 5:24)

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Gen. 17:1• ¹And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. (Gen. 17:1)

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Acts 9:31• ³¹Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. (Acts 9:31)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; (Phil. 1:27)

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Phil. 3:17‑18• ¹⁷Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
¹⁸(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: (Phil. 3:17‑18)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently 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 would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

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1 Thess. 4:1‑2• ¹Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
²For ye know what commandments we gave you by 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• ²¹Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

vocation.

Eph. 4:4• ⁴There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (Eph. 4:4)

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Rom. 8:28‑30• ²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Rom. 8:28‑30)

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Phil. 3:14• ¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14)

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2 Thess. 1:11• ¹¹Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: (2 Thess. 1:11)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Heb. 3:1• ¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; (Heb. 3:1)

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1 Peter 3:9• ⁹Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. (1 Peter 5:10)

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2 Peter 1:3• ³According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: (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,

JND Translation Notes

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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,