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Ephesians 4:16-18
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Ephesians 4:16-18
EasyEnglish Bible
16 As its head, he helps the whole body to grow well. Each part joins with the other parts so that the whole body becomes strong. As each separate part does its proper work, we love each other more and more.
Live in a way that pleases God
17 So I say this to you. I am sure that I have the Lord's authority to say it. You must not live any longer like the Gentile people who do not know God. They do whatever their silly ideas teach them to do. 18 They cannot understand God's true message because their minds are in the dark. They have not accepted the life that God gives. They have decided that they do not want to know about God. They do not even try to understand.
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Ephesians 4:16-18
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Ephesians 4:16-18
New International Version
16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows(A) and builds itself up(B) in love,(C) as each part does its work.
Instructions for Christian Living
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer(D) live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.(E) 18 They are darkened in their understanding(F) and separated from the life of God(G) because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.(H)
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