Ephesians, Chapter 4 Ancient Greek
1. Παρακαλῶ οὖν
ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ὁ
δέσμιος ἐν
Κυρίῳ ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι
τῆς κλήσεως ἧς
ἐκλήθητε,
2. μετὰ πάσης
ταπεινοφροσύνης
καὶ πρᾳότητος,
μετὰ μακροθυμίας,
ἀνεχόμενοι
ἀλλήλων ἐν
ἀγάπῃ,
3.
σπουδάζοντες
τηρεῖν τὴν
ἑνότητα τοῦ
Πνεύματος ἐν
τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς
εἰρήνης.
4. ἓν σῶμα καὶ
ἓν Πνεῦμα,
καθὼς καὶ
ἐκλήθητε ἐν
μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς
κλήσεως ὑμῶν·
5. εἷς Κύριος,
μία πίστις, ἓν
βάπτισμα·
6. εἷς Θεὸς καὶ
πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ
ἐπὶ πάντων, καὶ
διὰ πάντων, καὶ
ἐν πᾶσιν ὑμῖν.
7. Ἑνὶ δὲ
ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν
ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις
κατὰ τὸ μέτρον
τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ
Χριστοῦ.
8. διὸ λέγει·
ἀναβὰς εἰς
ὕψος
ᾐχμαλώτευσεν
αἰχμαλωσίαν
καὶ ἔδωκε
δόματα τοῖς
ἀνθρώποις.
9. τὸ δὲ ἀνέβη
τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ
ὅτι καὶ κατέβη
πρῶτον εἰς τὰ
κατώτερα μέρη
τῆς γῆς;
10. ὁ καταβὰς
αὐτός ἐστι καὶ
ὁ ἀναβὰς
ὑπεράνω πάντων
τῶν οὐρανῶν,
ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ
πάντα.
11. καὶ αὐτὸς
ἔδωκε τοὺς μὲν
ἀποστόλους,
τοὺς δὲ προφήτας,
τοὺς δὲ
εὐαγγελιστάς,
τοὺς δὲ
ποιμένας καὶ
διδασκάλους,
12. πρὸς τὸν
καταρτισμὸν
τῶν ἁγίων εἰς
ἔργον διακονίας,
εἰς οἰκοδομὴν
τοῦ σώματος
τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
13. μέχρι
καταντήσωμεν
οἱ πάντες εἰς
τὴν ἑνότητα
τῆς πίστεως
καὶ τῆς
ἐπιγνώσεως
τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ
Θεοῦ, εἰς ἄνδρα
τέλειον, εἰς
μέτρον
ἡλικίας τοῦ
πληρώματος
τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
14. ἵνα μηκέτι
ὦμεν νήπιοι,
κλυδωνιζόμενοι
καὶ περιφερόμενοι
παντὶ ἀνέμῳ
τῆς
διδασκαλίας,
ἐν τῇ κυβείᾳ
τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
ἐν πανουργίᾳ
πρὸς τὴν
μεθοδείαν τῆς
πλάνης,
15. ἀληθεύοντες
δὲ ἐν ἀγάπῃ
αὐξήσωμεν εἰς
αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα,
ὅς ἐστιν ἡ
κεφαλή, ὁ
Χριστός,
16. ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ
σῶμα
συναρμολογούμενον
καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον
διὰ πάσης ἁφῆς
τῆς
ἐπιχορηγίας
κατ' ἐνέργειαν
ἐν μέτρῳ ἑνὸς
ἑκάστου
μέρους τὴν
αὔξησιν τοῦ
σώματος ποιεῖται
εἰς οἰκοδομὴν
ἑαυτοῦ ἐν
ἀγάπῃ.
17. Τοῦτο οὖν
λέγω καὶ
μαρτύρομαι ἐν
Κυρίῳ, μηκέτι ὑμᾶς
περιπατεῖν
καθὼς καὶ τὰ
λοιπὰ ἔθνη
περιπατεῖ ἐν
ματαιότητι
τοῦ νοὸς αὐτῶν,
18.
ἐσκοτισμένοι
τῇ διανοίᾳ,
ὄντες ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι
τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ
Θεοῦ διὰ τὴν
ἄγνοιαν τὴν οὖσαν
ἐν αὐτοῖς, διὰ
τὴν πώρωσιν
τῆς καρδίας
αὐτῶν,
19. οἵτινες,
ἀπηλγηκότες,
ἑαυτοὺς
παρέδωκαν τῇ
ἀσελγείᾳ εἰς
ἐργασίαν
ἀκαθαρσίας
πάσης ἐν
πλεονεξίᾳ.
20. ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ
οὕτως ἐμάθετε
τὸν Χριστόν,
21. εἴγε αὐτὸν
ἠκούσατε καὶ
ἐν αὐτῷ
ἐδιδάχθητε,
καθώς ἐστιν ἀλήθεια
ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ,
22. ἀποθέσθαι
ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν
προτέραν
ἀναστροφὴν τὸν
παλαιὸν
ἄνθρωπον τὸν
φθειρόμενον
κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας
τῆς ἀπάτης,
23. ἀνανεοῦσθαι
δὲ τῷ πνεύματι
τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν
24. καὶ
ἐνδύσασθαι
τὸν καινὸν
ἄνθρωπον τὸν
κατὰ Θεὸν
κτισθέντα ἐν
δικαιοσύνῃ
καὶ ὁσιότητι
τῆς ἀληθείας.
25. Διὸ
ἀποθέμενοι τὸ
ψεῦδος
λαλεῖτε
ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος
μετὰ τοῦ
πλησίον αὐτοῦ·
ὅτι ἐσμὲν
ἀλλήλων μέλη.
26. ὀργίζεσθε
καὶ μὴ
ἁμαρτάνετε· ὁ
ἥλιος μὴ
ἐπιδυέτω ἐπὶ
τῷ παροργισμῷ
ὑμῶν,
27. μηδὲ δίδοτε
τόπον τῷ
διαβόλῳ.
28. ὁ κλέπτων
μηκέτι
κλεπτέτω,
μᾶλλον δὲ
κοπιάτω ἐργαζόμενος
τὸ ἀγαθὸν ταῖς
χερσίν, ἵνα ἔχῃ
μεταδιδόναι
τῷ χρείαν
ἔχοντι.
29. πᾶς λόγος
σαπρὸς ἐκ τοῦ
στόματος ὑμῶν
μὴ ἐκπορευέσθω,
ἀλλ' εἴ τις
ἀγαθὸς πρὸς
οἰκοδομὴν τῆς
χρείας, ἵνα δῷ
χάριν τοῖς
ἀκούουσι.
30. καὶ μὴ
λυπεῖτε τὸ
Πνεῦμα τὸ
Ἅγιον τοῦ Θεοῦ,
ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθητε
εἰς ἡμέραν
ἀπολυτρώσεως.
31. πᾶσα πικρία
καὶ θυμὸς καὶ
ὀργὴ καὶ
κραυγὴ καὶ
βλασφημία
ἀρθήτω ἀφ' ὑμῶν
σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ·
32. γίνεσθε δὲ
εἰς ἀλλήλους
χρηστοί,
εὔσπλαγχνοι, χαριζόμενοι
ἑαυτοῖς καθὼς
καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἐν
Χριστῷ ἐχαρίσατο
ὑμῖν.
Ephesians, Chapter 4 (KJV)
1. I therefore, the prisoner of
the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye
are called,
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love;
3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.
4. There is one body, and one Spirit, even
as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5. One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6. One God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.
7. But unto every one of us is given grace according
to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on
high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that
he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10. He that descended is the same also that ascended
up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets;
and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure
of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed
to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight
of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow
up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16. From whom the whole body fitly joined together
and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual
working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto
the edifying of itself in love.
17. This I say therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity
of their mind,
18. Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because
of the blindness of their heart:
19. Who being past feeling have given themselves
over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20. But ye have not so learned Christ;
21. If so be that ye have heard him, and have
been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation
the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24. And that ye put on the new man, which after
God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every
man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun
go down upon your wrath:
27. Neither give place to the devil.
28. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather
let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he
may have to give to him that needeth.
29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out
of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may
minister grace unto the hearers.
30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby
ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger,
and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
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