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# Ephesians 4

Ephesians 4 is chapter 4 of 6 in the Letter to the Ephesians. Here are all 32 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> He exhorts them to unity, to put on the new man, and to fly sin.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Ephesians 4 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called:
2. with all humility and meekness, with patience, supporting one another in charity.
3. Be anxious to preserve the unity of the Spirit within the bonds of peace.
4. One body and one Spirit: to this you have been called by the one hope of your calling:
5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6. one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
7. Yet to each one of us there has been given grace according to the measure allotted by Christ.
8. Because of this, he says: “Ascending on high, he took captivity itself captive; he gave gifts to men.”
9. Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descend, first to the lower parts of the earth?
10. He who descended is the same one who also ascended above all the heavens, so that he might fulfill everything.
11. And the same one granted that some would be Apostles, and some Prophets, yet truly others evangelists, and others pastors and teachers,
12. for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ,
13. until we all meet in the unity of faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as a perfect man, in the measure of the age of the fullness of Christ.
14. So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error.
15. Instead, acting according to truth in charity, we should increase in everything, in him who is the head, Christ himself.
16. For in him, the whole body is joined closely together, by every underlying joint, through the function allotted to each part, bringing improvement to the body, toward its edification in charity.
17. And so, I say this, and I testify in the Lord: that from now on you should walk, not as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18. having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.
19. Such as these, despairing, have given themselves over to sexual immorality, carrying out every impurity with rapacity.
20. But this is not what you have learned in Christ.
21. For certainly, you have listened to him, and you have been instructed in him, according to the truth that is in Jesus:
22. to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,
23. and so be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24. and so put on the new man, who, in accord with God, is created in justice and in the holiness of truth.
25. Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.
26. “Be angry, but do not be willing to sin.” Do not let the sun set over your anger.
27. Provide no place for the devil.
28. Whoever was stealing, let him now not steal, but rather let him labor, working with his hands, doing what is good, so that he may have something to distribute to those who suffer need.
29. Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.
30. And do not be willing to grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed, unto the day of redemption.
31. Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice.
32. And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

## Ephesians 4 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Obsecro itaque vos ego vinctus in Domino, ut digne ambuletis vocatione, qua vocati estis,
2. cum omni humilitate, et mansuetudine, cum patientia, supportantes invicem in caritate,
3. solliciti servare unitatem Spiritus in vinculo pacis.
4. Unum corpus, et unus Spiritus, sicut vocati estis in una spe vocationis vestræ.
5. Unus Dominus, una fides, unum baptisma.
6. Unus Deus et Pater omnium, qui est super omnes, et per omnia, et in omnibus nobis.
7. Unicuique autem nostrum data est gratia secundum mensuram donationis Christi.
8. Propter quod dicit: Ascendens in altum, captivam duxit captivitatem: dedit dona hominibus.
9. Quod autem ascendit, quid est, nisi quia et descendit primum in inferiores partes terræ?
10. Qui descendit, ipse est et qui ascendit super omnes cælos, ut impleret omnia.
11. Et ipse dedit quosdam quidem apostolos, quosdam autem prophetas, alios vero evangelistas, alios autem pastores et doctores,
12. ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii, in ædificationem corporis Christi:
13. donec occurramus omnes in unitatem fidei, et agnitionis Filii Dei, in virum perfectum, in mensuram ætatis plenitudinis Christi:
14. ut jam non simus parvuli fluctuantes, et circumferamur omni vento doctrinæ in nequitia hominum, in astutia ad circumventionem erroris.
15. Veritatem autem facientes in caritate, crescamus in illo per omnia, qui est caput Christus:
16. ex quo totum corpus compactum et connexum per omnem juncturam subministrationis, secundum operationem in mensuram uniuscujusque membri, augmentum corporis facit in ædificationem sui in caritate.
17. Hoc igitur dico, et testificor in Domino, ut jam non ambuletis, sicut et gentes ambulant in vanitate sensus sui,
18. tenebris obscuratum habentes intellectum, alienati a vita Dei per ignorantiam, quæ est in illis, propter cæcitatem cordis ipsorum,
19. qui desperantes, semetipsos tradiderunt impudicitiæ, in operationem immunditiæ omnis in avaritiam.
20. Vos autem non ita didicistis Christum,
21. si tamen illum audistis, et in ipso edocti estis, sicut est veritas in Jesu,
22. deponere vos secundum pristinam conversationem veterem hominem, qui corrumpitur secundum desideria erroris.
23. Renovamini autem spiritu mentis vestræ,
24. et induite novum hominem, qui secundum Deum creatus est in justitia, et sanctitate veritatis.
25. Propter quod deponentes mendacium, loquimini veritatem unusquisque cum proximo suo: quoniam sumus invicem membra.
26. Irascimini, et nolite peccare: sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram.
27. Nolite locum dare diabolo:
28. qui furabatur, jam non furetur: magis autem laboret, operando manibus suis, quod bonum est, ut habeat unde tribuat necessitatem patienti.
29. Omnis sermo malus ex ore vestro non procedat: sed si quis bonus ad ædificationem fidei ut det gratiam audientibus.
30. Et nolite contristare Spiritum Sanctum Dei: in quo signati estis in diem redemptionis.
31. Omnis amaritudo, et ira, et indignatio, et clamor, et blasphemia tollatur a vobis cum omni malitia.
32. Estote autem invicem benigni, misericordes, donantes invicem sicut et Deus in Christo donavit vobis.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1296: The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1454: The Acts of the Penitent ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 957: The Communion of Saints ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2219: The Duties of Family Members ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 814: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 249: The Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 172: Only One Faith ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2790: "Our" Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 913: Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 661: "He Ascended Into Heaven and Is Seated At the Right Hand of the Father" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 631: "He Descended Into Hell. On the Third Day He Rose Again" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 633: Christ Descended Into Hell ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 635: Christ Descended Into Hell ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2795: "Who Art in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 668: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 794: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1575: Who Can Confer This Sacrament? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 669: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 674: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 695: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2045: Moral Life and Missionary Witness ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 798: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 954: The Communion of Saints ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2518: Purification of the Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1473: Indulgences ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1695: Life in Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2475: Offenses Against Truth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1267: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2444: Love For the Poor ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 698: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1274: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2842: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 11: Here it is plainly expressed, that Christ has left in his church a perpetual succession of orthodox pastors and teachers, to preserve the faithful in unity and truth.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Jul 25, 2027 (computed): Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, Ephesians 4:1-6
- Sun, Aug 1, 2027 (computed): Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, Ephesians 4:17, 20-24
- Sun, Aug 8, 2027 (computed): Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, Ephesians 4:30—5:2
- Tue, Sep 21, 2027 (computed): St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist — First Reading, Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13

3 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).