Ephesians 4:17 “So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no lon…”

Ephesians 4:17

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

World English Bible

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

American Standard Version

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Geneva Bible 1599

This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord, that yee hencefoorth walke not as other Gentiles walke, in vanitie of their minde,

Darby Translation

This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,

Young's Literal Translation

This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Bible in Basic English

This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

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Cross references

“I say”

Colossians 2:4 1 Corinthians 1:12 1 Corinthians 15:50 Galatians 3:17 2 Corinthians 9:6

Colossians 2:4 · BSB

I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

1 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB

What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

1 Corinthians 15:50 · BSB

Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Galatians 3:17 · BSB

What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

2 Corinthians 9:6 · BSB

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

“testify”

Jeremiah 42:19 Acts 18:5 Acts 20:21 Nehemiah 13:15 Acts 2:40 Galatians 5:3

Jeremiah 42:19 · BSB

The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

Acts 18:5 · BSB

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 20:21 · BSB

testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Nehemiah 13:15 · BSB

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabb…

Acts 2:40 · BSB

With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

Galatians 5:3 · BSB

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

“in the”

1 Timothy 5:21 1 Timothy 6:13 2 Timothy 4:1 1 Thessalonians 4:1 1 Thessalonians 4:2

1 Timothy 5:21 · BSB

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

1 Timothy 6:13 · BSB

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

2 Timothy 4:1 · BSB

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

1 Thessalonians 4:1 · BSB

Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

1 Thessalonians 4:2 · BSB

For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

“that ye”

Colossians 3:5–8 Ephesians 2:1–3 Ephesians 1:22 Romans 1:23–32 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 Galatians 5:19–21

Colossians 3:5–8 · BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Ephesians 2:1–3 · BSB

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 1:22 · BSB

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

Romans 1:23–32 · BSB

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · BSB

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

Galatians 5:19–21 · BSB

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

“in the”

Acts 14:15 Psalm 94:8–11

Acts 14:15 · BSB

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in the…

Psalm 94:8–11 · BSB

Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Also

Romans 1:21 2 Peter 2:18 1 Peter 1:18 Colossians 2:18 Ephesians 4:22

Romans 1:21 · BSB

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

2 Peter 2:18 · BSB

With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

1 Peter 1:18 · BSB

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

Colossians 2:18 · BSB

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

Ephesians 4:22 · BSB

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

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

In context

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.

18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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