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Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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Παρακαλῶparakalōbeseechπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “beseech”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.beseechοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δέσμιοςdesmiosprisonerδέσμιοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “prisoner”, the subject formG1198one bound, a prisoner.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.κυρίῳkuriōlordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ἀξίωςaxiōsworthyἀξίωςadverb — “worthy”G516worthily, in a manner worthy of.worthyπεριπατῆσαιperipatēsaito walkπεριπατέω (peripateō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to walk”, a single actionG4043I walk, hence Hebraistically (in an ethical sense): I conduct my life, live.This verse uses “walk”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κλήσεωςklēseōsof the vocationκλῆσις (klēsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the vocation”, the of-formG2821a calling, invitation; in the NT, always of a divine call.of the vocationἧςhēswherewithὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “wherewith”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.wherewithἐκλήθητεeklēthēteye are calledκαλέω (kaleō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye are called”, a single actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.ye are called

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

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American Standard Version (1901)

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

Young’s Literal Translation

Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

World English Bible

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

Darby Translation

I , the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

Douay-Rheims

I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called,

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