The Unity of the Spirit

41 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

Other Translations of Ephesians 4:1

King James Version

The Unity of the Spirit

41 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, of the Lord: or, in the Lord beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

English Standard Version

The Unity of the Spirit

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

The Message

The Unity of the Spirit

41 In light of all this, here's what I want you to do. While I'm locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk - better yet, run! - on the road God called you to travel. I don't want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don't want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere.

New King James Version

The Unity of the Spirit

41 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

New Living Translation

The Unity of the Spirit

41 Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ephesians 4:1

Commentary on Ephesians 4:1-6

(Read Ephesians 4:1-6)

Nothing is pressed more earnestly in the Scriptures, than to walk as becomes those called to Christ's kingdom and glory. By lowliness, understand humility, which is opposed to pride. By meekness, that excellent disposition of soul, which makes men unwilling to provoke, and not easily to be provoked or offended. We find much in ourselves for which we can hardly forgive ourselves; therefore we must not be surprised if we find in others that which we think it hard to forgive. There is one Christ in whom all believers hope, and one heaven they are all hoping for; therefore they should be of one heart. They had all one faith, as to its object, Author, nature, and power. They all believed the same as to the great truths of religion; they had all been admitted into the church by one baptism, with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, as the sign of regeneration. In all believers God the Father dwells, as in his holy temple, by his Spirit and special grace.