Ephesians 4:17 — Community Reflections

EPHESIANS 4:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,”

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking — Paul's stern command (oun legō, 'I say then,' 'I insist') forbids the Gentile believers to peripateo ('walk,' conduct themselves) as the ethnē ('nations,' pagan Gentiles), en mataiotes ('in futility,' emptiness) of their dianoia ('thinking,' their distorted understanding).

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Amara Diallo (test user)1d ago

Transformation through the Word — Ephesians 4

The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficu...