Ephesians 4:17

Live in Holiness

4:17 So I say this, and insist ¹  in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility ²  of their thinking. ³ 

Ephesians 5:25

5:25 Husbands, love your ⁴  wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Ephesians 5:29

5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body ⁵  but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

Ephesians 6:21

Farewell Comments

6:21 Tychicus, my ⁶  dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, ⁷  how I am doing.

¹ tn On the translation of μαρτύρομαι (marturomai) as “insist” see BDAG 619 s.v. 2.

² tn On the translation of ματαιότης (mataioth") as “futility” see BDAG 621 s.v.

³ tn Or “thoughts,” “mind.”

⁴ tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁷ tn Grk “flesh.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “the.” The Greek article ὁ (Jo) was translated with the possessive pronoun, “my.” See ExSyn 215.

¹¹ tn Grk “the things according to me.”