Ephesians 4:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“From 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.”
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“From 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”
King James Version · Public Domain“from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body doth make for the building up of itself in love.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 4:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 10:10Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
- Job 10:11You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
- Psalms 139:15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
- John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- 1 Corinthians 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- Ephesians 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
- Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- Colossians 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
- Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
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