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Unity in the Body

Ephesians 4:15

In 9 translations

BSB
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
KJV
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
WEB
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,
ASV
but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
LSV
and [speaking] truth in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head—the Christ;
YLT
and, being true in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head — the Christ;
DBY
but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
DRC
But doing the truth in charity, we may in all things grow up in him who is the head, even Christ:
GNV
But let vs folowe the truth in loue, and in all things, grow vp into him, which is the head, that is, Christ.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: Χριστός. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Χριστός; Robinson–Pierpont read ὁ Χριστός.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀληθεύοντες δὲ ἐν ἀγάπῃ αὐξήσωμεν εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα, ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλή, Χριστός,
RP2018
ἀληθεύοντες δὲ ἐν ἀγάπῃ αὐξήσωμεν εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα, ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλή, ὁ χριστός,
TR-Boyd
ἀληθεύοντες δὲ ἐν ἀγάπῃ αὐξήσωμεν εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα, ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλή, ὁ Χριστός,
SCR1894
αληθευοντες δε εν αγαπη αυξησωμεν εις αυτον τα παντα ος εστιν η κεφαλη ο χριστος

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  • 1 John 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
  • Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
  • Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
  • 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
  • 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
  • 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
  • Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
  • Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
  • Ephesians 2:21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
  • Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
  • Judges 16:15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
  • 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in…
  • Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
  • Colossians 1:18–19And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
  • Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

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