Ephesians 4:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.”
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“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”
King James Version · Public Domain“but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 4:15 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 16:15“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!”
- Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Malachi 4:2“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.
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, 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 sight of God.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
- Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Ephesians 2:21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Ephesians 5:23For 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 1:18And 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.
- James 2:15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
- 1 Peter 1:22Since 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.
- 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- 2 Peter 3:18But 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 John 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
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