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Ephesians 4:17

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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οὖνounthereforeG3767 →
λέγωlegōI sayG3004 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μαρτύρομαιmarturomaiI testifyG3143 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
κυρίῳkuriō[the] LordG2962 →
μηκέτιmēketiNo longerG3371 →
ὑμᾶςhumas[are] youG4771 →
περιπατεῖνperipateinto walkG4043 →
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ἔθνηethnēGentilesG1484 →
περιπατεῖperipateiare walkingG4043 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ματαιότητιmataiotēti[the] futilityG3153 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
νοὸςnoosmindG3563 →
αὐτῶν,autōnof them,G846 →

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Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.1 Peter 4:3–4For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.1 Thessalonians 4:1–2Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.Colossians 3:5–8Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.Philippians 3:18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.2 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.Ephesians 2:1–3And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,Romans 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.1 Peter 4:2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.Colossians 2:4I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.Luke 12:30For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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The Ascension — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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