Ephesians 4:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of [and produced by] the Spirit in the binding power of peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Common English Bible

³ and make an effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit with the peace that ties you together.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Be anxious to preserve the unity of the Spirit within the bonds of peace.

Ephesians 4:3 Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Be restored; listen to my appeal; agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

1 Thessalonians 5:13

esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Ephesians 4:4

there is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling,

Ephesians 4:13

until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.

Exodus 28:32

It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around its edge, like the opening in a garment, so that it may not be torn.

1 Kings 16:21

Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath to make him king, and half followed Omri.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Mark 3:24

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.