Ephesians 4:17 Cross References - Worrell

¹⁷ This, therefore, I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

⁴⁰ Also with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!"

¹⁵ and saying, "Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming to you glad tidings, that ye should turn from these vanities to the living God, Who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

⁵ And, when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being constrained by the word, fully testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

²¹ fully testifying, both to Jews and Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

²¹ because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor did they give thanks; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

²³ and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles. ²⁴ Wherefore, God gave them up in the desires of their hearts unto the uncleanness of dishonoring their bodies among themselves; ²⁵ who, indeed, change the truth of God into falsehood; and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever. Amen. ²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up to vile passions; for both their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature; ²⁷ and, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, burned in their desires one for another; men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error, which was due. ²⁸ And, as they did not approve the holding of God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming; ²⁹ having become filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, ³⁰ back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventers of evil things, disobedient to parents, ³¹ without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful; ³² who, indeed, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with those who practice them.

¹² Now I mean this: that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul;" and "I of Apollos;" and "I of Cephas:" and "I of Christ!"

⁹ Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

⁵⁰ And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

⁶ But I say this: He that sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.

¹⁷ But this I say: A covenant previously confirmed by God, the law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate, that it should make the promise of no effect.

³ And I testify again to every man who is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strifes, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, ²¹ envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, as I also said before, that those practicing such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.

²² and He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as Head over all things to the assembly,

¹ You also did He make alive, when ye were dead in your trespasses and sins, ² in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience; ³ among whom we also all once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest;

²² that ye put off, as to your former manner of life, the old man, who is corrupt according to the desires of deceit;

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints; ⁴ nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming, but rather thanks-giving. ⁵ For this ye know, assuredly, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words; for, because of these things, comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Do not, therefore, become partakers with them; ⁸ for ye were once darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord; walk as children of light

⁴ This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasive speech;

¹⁸ Let no one rob you of your prize, wishing to do it in humility and in a worshipping of angels, speculating about the things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

⁵ Make dead, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which, indeed, is idolatry; ⁶ on account of which things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience; ⁷ in which things ye also formerly walked, when ye were living in these things. ⁸ But now do ye also put away all these; anger, wrath, malice, reviling, shameful talk out of your mouth.

¹ Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk, and to please God—even as ye also are walking—that ye abound more and more; ² for ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

⁶ that he go not beyond and gain an advantage over his brother in the matter; because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we also told you before, and solemnly testified.

²¹ I solemnly charge you before God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

¹³ I charge you before God who preserves alive all things, and Christ Jesus Who before Pontius Pilate testified a good confession,

¹ I charge you before God, and Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His Kingdom,

¹⁸ knowing that, not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain course of life handed down from your fathers;

³ For the time past is sufficient to have wrought the will of the gentiles, having walked in wantonness, lusts, wine-bibbings, revelings, carousings, and impious idolatries; ⁴ at which they are surprised, since ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

¹⁸ For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error;