Ephesians 4:1 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹ Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ I THEREFORE, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the [divine] calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God's service,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

Common English Bible

¹ Therefore, as a prisoner for the Lord, I encourage you to live as people worthy of the call you received from God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called:

Ephesians 4:1 Cross References

Acts 9:31

So the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were being strengthened. Continuing in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, they were being multiplied.

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.

Romans 12:1

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, your reasonable religious service.

1 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore I urge you to be imitators of me.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I, Paul, myself appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when with you face to face, but bold toward you when absent!

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: “Be reconciled to God.”

2 Corinthians 6:1

As God's fellow workers, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Galatians 4:12

I plead with you, brothers: Become as I am, because I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, bow my knees in prayer.

Ephesians 4:17

Therefore, I solemnly declare in the Lord that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

Ephesians 4:4

There is one body and one Spirit (just as you were called to one hope at your calling),

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Philippians 1:27

Only live as citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord with every desire to please him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Colossians 2:6

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk in him,

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and complete in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

and testifying that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

With this in mind, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling and by his power bring to fulfillment every good intention and work of faith,

2 Timothy 1:9

He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Titus 2:10

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in every way they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you in every good work so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus Christ, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul,

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 5:10

And after you have suffered for a little while, may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, himself perfect you; he will establish, strengthen, and settle you.

2 Peter 1:3

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by glory and virtue.

2 John 1:5

And now I ask yoʋ, dear lady—not as writing yoʋ a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.