Ephesians 4:16

4:16 From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together ¹  through every supporting ligament. ²  As each one does its part, the body grows in love.

Ephesians 4:20

4:20 But you did not learn about Christ like this,

Ephesians 5:1

Live in Love

5:1 Therefore, be ³  imitators of God as dearly loved children

Ephesians 5:10

5:10 trying to learn ⁴  what is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:30

5:30 for we are members of his body. ⁵ 

Ephesians 6:9

6:9 Masters, ⁶  treat your slaves ⁷  the same way, ⁸  giving up the use of threats, ⁹  because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, ¹⁰  and there is no favoritism with him.

[4:16]  ¹ tn The Greek participle συμβιβαζόμενον (sumbibazomenon) translated “held together” also has in different contexts, the idea of teaching implied in it.

[4:16]  ² tn Grk “joint of supply.”

[5:1]  ³ tn Or “become.”

[5:10]  ⁵ tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκιμάζω 1 translates δοκιμάζοντες (dokimazonte") in Eph 5:10 as “try to learn.”

[5:30]  ⁷ tc Most Western witnesses, as well as the majority of Byzantine mss and a few others (א² D F G Ψ 0278 0285^vid Ï lat), add the following words to the end of the verse: ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ (ek th" sarko" autou kai ek twn ostewn autou, “of his body and of his bones”). This is a (slightly modified) quotation from Gen 2:23a (LXX). The Alexandrian text is solidly behind the shorter reading (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B 048 33 81 1739* 1881 pc). Although it is possible that an early scribe’s eye skipped over the final αὐτοῦ, there is a much greater likelihood that a scribe added the Genesis quotation in order to fill out and make explicit the author’s incomplete reference to Gen 2:23. Further, on intrinsic grounds, it seems unlikely that the author would refer to the physical nature of creation when speaking of the “body of Christ” which is spiritual or mystical. Hence, as is often the case with OT quotations, the scribal clarification missed the point the author was making; the shorter reading stands as original.

[6:9]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:9]  ¹⁰ tn Though the Greek text only has αὐτούς (autous, “them”), the antecedent is the slaves of the masters. Therefore, it was translated this way to make it explicit in English.

[6:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “do the same things to them.”

[6:9]  ¹² tn Grk “giving up the threat.”

[6:9]  ¹³ tn Grk “because of both they and you, the Lord is, in heaven…”