KJV King James Version
[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
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Ephesians 4:4
[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
WEB World English Bible
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
ASV American Standard Version
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
Surrounding context — Ephesians 4
1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.
7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἓνG1520 · ehisoneσῶμαG4983 · sōmabodyκαὶG2532 · kaiandἓνG1520 · ehisoneπνεῦμαG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritκαθὼςG2531 · kathōsas/just asκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐκλήθητεG2564 · kaleōto call: callἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongμιᾷG1520 · ehisoneἐλπίδιG1680 · elpishopeτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκλήσεωςG2821 · klēsiscallingὑμῶν·G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Ephesians 2:18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.Romans 12:4-5For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:1 Corinthians 12:4-13Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.Ephesians 1:18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,1 Corinthians 12:20But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,Colossians 1:5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;Hebrews 6:18-19That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Colossians 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.Ephesians 5:30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;Jeremiah 14:8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.Ephesians 2:22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.1 Peter 1:3-4Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Matthew 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,Ephesians 2:16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
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