Ephesians 4

Question 1

Ephesians 4:1

Answer 1

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

Question 2

Ephesians 4:2

Answer 2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Question 3

Ephesians 4:3

Answer 3

eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Question 4

Ephesians 4:4

Answer 4

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

Question 5

Ephesians 4:5

Answer 5

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Question 6

Ephesians 4:6

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Ephesians 4:7

Answer 7

But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

Question 8

Ephesians 4:8

Answer 8

Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”

Question 9

Ephesians 4:9

Answer 9

(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?

Question 10

Ephesians 4:10

Answer 10

He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Question 11

Ephesians 4:11

Answer 11

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

Question 12

Ephesians 4:12

Answer 12

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Question 13

Ephesians 4:13

Answer 13

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Question 14

Ephesians 4:14

Answer 14

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

Question 15

Ephesians 4:15

Answer 15

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

Question 16

Ephesians 4:16

Answer 16

from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Question 17

Ephesians 4:17

Answer 17

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

Question 18

Ephesians 4:18

Answer 18

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

Question 19

Ephesians 4:19

Answer 19

They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

Question 20

Ephesians 4:20

Answer 20

But that is not the way you learned Christ!—

Question 21

Ephesians 4:21

Answer 21

assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,

Question 22

Ephesians 4:22

Answer 22

to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

Question 23

Ephesians 4:23

Answer 23

and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Question 24

Ephesians 4:24

Answer 24

and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Question 25

Ephesians 4:25

Answer 25

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Question 26

Ephesians 4:26

Answer 26

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Question 27

Ephesians 4:27

Answer 27

and give no opportunity to the devil.

Question 28

Ephesians 4:28

Answer 28

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Question 29

Ephesians 4:29

Answer 29

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Question 30

Ephesians 4:30

Answer 30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Question 31

Ephesians 4:31

Answer 31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Question 32

Ephesians 4:32

Answer 32

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.