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Ephesians 4:17
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Ephesians 4:17
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Live in Holiness
17 So I say this, and insist[a] in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility[b] of their thinking.[c]
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- Ephesians 4:17 tn On the translation of μαρτύρομαι (marturomai) as “insist” see BDAG 619 s.v. 2.
- Ephesians 4:17 tn On the translation of ματαιότης (mataiotēs) as “futility” see BDAG 621 s.v.
- Ephesians 4:17 tn Or “thoughts,” “mind.”
Ephesians 4:18
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Ephesians 4:18
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18 They are darkened in their understanding,[a] being 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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- Ephesians 4:18 tn In the Greek text this clause is actually subordinate to περιπατεῖ (peripatei) in v. 17. It was broken up in the English translation so as to avoid an unnecessarily long and cumbersome statement.
Ephesians 4:20
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Ephesians 4:20
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20 But you did not learn about Christ like this,
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