Ephesians 4:15 “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up int…”

Ephesians 4:15

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

World English Bible

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

American Standard Version

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

Geneva Bible 1599

But let vs folowe the truth in loue, and in all things, grow vp into him, which is the head, that is, Christ.

Darby Translation

but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

Young's Literal Translation

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head — the Christ;

Bible in Basic English

But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

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Cross references

“But”

Ephesians 4:25 Zechariah 8:16 2 Corinthians 4:2 2 Corinthians 8:8

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Zechariah 8:16 · BSB

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

2 Corinthians 4:2 · BSB

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the…

2 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB

I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.

“speaking the truth”

1 John 3:18 1 Peter 1:22 Romans 12:9 Psalm 32:2 John 1:47 Judges 16:15

1 John 3:18 · BSB

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

1 Peter 1:22 · BSB

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

Romans 12:9 · BSB

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Psalm 32:2 · BSB

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

John 1:47 · BSB

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

Judges 16:15 · BSB

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

“may”

2 Peter 3:18 1 Peter 2:2 Ephesians 2:21 Malachi 4:2 Hosea 14:5–7

2 Peter 3:18 · BSB

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

1 Peter 2:2 · BSB

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Ephesians 2:21 · BSB

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Malachi 4:2 · BSB

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Hosea 14:5–7 · BSB

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

“which”

Ephesians 1:22 Ephesians 5:23 Colossians 1:18 Colossians 1:19

Ephesians 1:22 · BSB

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 5:23 · BSB

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Colossians 1:18 · BSB

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Colossians 1:19 · BSB

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

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