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Book of Ephesians Chapter 4 - Read Chapter - Click the Play Button for Chapter Audio
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4:29 - [In Context |Original Greek ]Let no unwholesome F76 R261 word proceed from your mouth, but only such {a word} as is good for edification R262 according F77 to the need {of the moment,} so that it will give grace to those who hear.
4:30 - [In Context |Original Greek ]Do R263 not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by F78 whom you were sealed R264 for the day of redemption.
4:31 - [In Context |Original Greek ]Let R265 all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put R266 away from you, along with all malice. R267
4:32 - [In Context |Original Greek ]Be R268 kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just R269 as God in Christ also has forgiven you. F79
Chapter 5 - Read Chapter - Click the Play Button for Chapter Audio
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5:1 - [In Context |Original Greek ]Therefore R270 be imitators of God, as beloved children;
5:2 - [In Context |Original Greek ]and walk R271 in love, just as Christ also loved R272 you F80 and gave R273 Himself up for us, an offering R274 and a sacrifice to God as F81 a fragrant R275 aroma.
FOOTNOTES: F76: Lit rotten
F77: Lit of the need
F78: Lit in
F79: Two early mss read us
F80: One early ms reads us
F81: Lit for an odor of fragrance
CROSS REFERENCES: R261: Matthew 12:34 ; Ephesians 5:4 ; Colossians 3:8
R262: Ecclesiastes 10:12 ; Romans 14:19 ; Colossians 4:6
R263: Isaiah 63:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:19
R264: John 3:33 ; Ephesians 1:13
R265: Romans 3:14 ; Colossians 3:8,19
R266: Ephesians 4:22
R267: 1 Peter 2:1
R268: 1 Corinthians 13:4 ; Colossians 3:12 ; 1 Peter 3:8
R269: Matthew 6:14 ; 2 Corinthians 2:10
R270: Matthew 5:48 ; Luke 6:36 ; Ephesians 4:32
R271: Romans 14:15 ; Colossians 3:14
R272: John 13:34 ; Romans 8:37
R273: John 6:51 ; Romans 4:25 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Ephesians 5:25
R274: Hebrews 7:27 ; 9:14 ; 10:10,12
R275: Exodus 29:18,25 ; 2 Corinthians 2:14
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