Ephesians 4:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Live in Unity I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ, ὁ δέσμιος ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε,

Transliteration

Parakalō oun you egō, the desmios in Kyriō, axiōs to peripatēsai of the klēseōs which you were eklēthēte,

Grammar Details

• *Parakalō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I beseech/exhort/encourage
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• you: accusative plural - direct object
• *egō*: personal pronoun, nominative - I/myself (emphatic)
• *desmios*: nominative masculine singular - prisoner/captive
• *Kyriō*: dative masculine singular - in/by the Lord
• *axiōs*: adverb - worthily/suitably
• *peripatēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to walk/conduct oneself
• *klēseōs*: genitive feminine singular - calling/invitation
• *eklēthēte*: aorist passive indicative, 2nd plural - you were called

Word Meanings

• *Parakalō*: beseech/exhort/encourage/urge
• *desmios*: prisoner/captive/one who is bound
• *Kyriō*: Lord/master
• *peripatēsai*: walk/conduct oneself/live
• *klēseōs*: calling/invitation/vocation
• *axiōs*: worthily/in a manner worthy of

Referenced Verses

• Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
• 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
• 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 Believers’ Salvation and the Work of God I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.
• Eph 3:1 : 1 Paul’s Relationship to the Divine Mystery For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles
• Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
• 1 Cor 4:16 : 16 I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.
• Gal 4:12 : 12 I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
• 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
• Phil 3:14 : 14 with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
• Gen 5:24 : 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 Consecration of the Believer’s Life Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice– alive, holy, and pleasing to God– which is your reasonable service.
• Phil 3:17-18 : 17 Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example. 18 For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.
• Eph 4:4 : 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,
• Eph 4:17 : 17 Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!”
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Paul’s Authority from the Lord Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ(I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!)–
• Jer 38:20 : 20 Then Jeremiah answered,“You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the LORD by doing what I have been telling you. Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared.
• Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose, 29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
• 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
• Col 2:6 : 6 Warnings Against the Adoption of False Philosophies Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
• 2 John 1:5 : 5 Warning Against False Teachers But now I ask you, lady(not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
• Titus 2:10 : 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.
• Phlm 1:9-9 : 9 I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love– I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus– 10 I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,
• Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.