I.     “Turn around, Believer!
Ephesians 4:15-16;
Ephesians 4:17; 4:22; 2:1-3; Col 3:7-9; 1Thess 2:12
1Peter 4:1-8; 2Pe 2:18-22
Ephesians 4:1; 2-16
Romans 3:12; Ecclesiastes; Ro 5:12-14; 3:18
Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14; Ro 6:6; Jn 17:23; Ro 8:37
Ephesians 2:4-6, 19

II.    “Leave This Path, Believer!”
Ephesians 4:18-19; 2:11-19
James 1:14-15; Job 15:35; Ps 7:14; Is 59:4;
Romans 5:12-14; Jn 5:42; Ro 7:18-23; 8:7; 2Ti 3:2-4;
Titus 1:15-16; Heb 3:12; Gen 3:17
Matthew 19:3-8; Mk 3:1-6
Mark 16:12-14; Ro 3:12-18
Romans 1:18-25; Gen 6:5; 8:21; 2 Ki 17:15-20; Jer 2:5; Jeremiah 10:14; Ac 17:29-30; Ro 1:28; 3:9-20; 1Co 1:20
Romans 3:18; 1:24; Eph 4:19;
Romans 3:19-25; 5:17-19; 10:8-13; 2Pe 3:9; 1Jn 1:7-10
Matthew 11:28-30; Ac 4:12

III.    “Jesus Is The Way, Walk In Him!”
Ephesians 4:20-21; Eph 1, 2, 3; Luke 9:23-25
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Greek Word Study
Testify: ‘maturomai’: from ‘martus’ (a witness); to be adduced as a witness i.e. (fig.) to obtest in exhortation; to invoke as witness, In NT, to testify, to solemnly affirm, to make an earnest and solemn appeal, to exhort solemnly. (Eph 4:17)
Walk: ‘peripateo’: from ‘peri’ (all over) and ‘pateo’ (to tread with feet); to tread or walk all around, walk at-large; (fig) to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or devoted follower)
Gentiles: ‘ethnos’: Pagan Nation. In the Jewish sense, ‘ta ethne’ the nations, meaning the Gentile nations as spoken of all who are not Israelite and amplifying idolatry and ignorance of the True God. [Unbelievers, Non-Christians]
Futility: ‘mataiotes’: from ‘mataios’ (empty), (literal) profitless. (Figurative) transientness; (moral) depravity: - folly, futility. N. meaning vain or worthless, vanity, emptiness. From the Hebrew for folly, perverseness, wickedness (Eph 4:17)
Darkened: ‘skotoo’: to obscure or blind (literal or figurative); - darken, plunge into darkness. [Eph 4:18]
​Alienated: ‘apallotrioo’: to estrange away; i.e. (passive and figurative) to be non-participant: - alienate. From ‘apo’ (from) and allotrioo (to alienate). To estrange, to be alienated from, to be a stranger (Eph 2:12; 4:18; Col 5:21)
Ignorance: ‘agnoia’: from ‘agnoeo’ (not to know), ignorance (properly the quality): - ignorance. N. from ‘agnoeo’ want of knowledge, ignorance. Spoken of ignorance of God and divine things. (Ac 17:30, Eph 4:18, 1Pe 1:14)
Hardness: ‘porosis’: from ‘poroo’ apparently from ‘poros’ (a kind of stone): stupidity or callousness; - hardening, hardness. N. from ‘poroo’, to harden, petrify, render insensitive. A hardening. In NT, used only figuratively, hardness of heart or mind, insensitivity. (Mk 3:5; Ro 11:25; Eph 4:18) syn: ‘sklerotes’, (hardness); ‘sklerokardia’, (hardness of heart) (Mt 19:8; Mk 16:14)
Callous: ‘apalgeo’: to become apathetic [insensitive to sin]
Sensuality: ‘aselgeia’: licentiousness (sometimes including other vices); - sensuality. N. from ‘aselges’ (n.f.) licentious, brutal. Excess, immoderation, intemperance in anything e.g.: in language, speech: arrogance, insolence; in general conduct: licentiousness, madness; particularly: wantonness, lasciviousness; in a wider sense debauchery, perversion in general (Eph 4:19; 1Pe 4:3; Jude 4) 
Greedy: ‘pleonexia’: avarice i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion; - covetousness, exaction, greed. In NT, the will to have more, i.e. covetousness, greediness for gain, which leads a person to defraud others. (…Eph 4:19…) syn: desire, lust [insatiable]
Impurity; ‘akatharsia’; impurity (the quality of); physical or moral: - impurity. Moral uncleanness, lewdness, pollution, as opposed to chastity (Ro 1:24; 6:19; 2Co 12:21; Eph 4:19; 5:3)
Learned: ‘manthano’: to learn, particularly: intellectually, from study and observation, to learn someone, i.e. his doctrines, precepts. (Eph 4:20)
Truth: ‘aletheia’: N. from ‘alethes’ (true), what is not concealed, but open and known; hence Truth. Conduct conformed to Truth, virtue, a life conformed to precepts of the Gospel (Eph 4:21)

I.        “Spiritual Fitness”
Ephesians 4:11-14
Ephesians 4:15-16; 1 Jn 3:18; [Eph 4:25]; 2:21; 1:22
Psalm 119; 19; 2Ti 3:16-17; Heb 4:11-13 

1Timothy 4:7-11; Heb 5:14; 1Ti 6:7; Ps 37:4, 9, 11; 84:11
Psalm 112:1-2; 145:17-19; Pr 19:20-23; 22:4; Mt 6:33;
1 Peter 3:9; 1Ti 2:3-4; Jn 4:42

Colossians 3:14-17; Eph 2:16; 4:2-3; 5:2; Heb 6:1;
Jn 15:3-4; Col 4:6; 1Co 10:31
James 1:19-25; Col 2;19; Eph 4:7

1 Corinthians 3:4-7
1 Corinthians 12:12-20; [John 7:37-39]; 1Co 12:11, 28; 
Romans 12:1-3

Ephesians 4:16 [NASB95- New American Standard Bible]

Ephesians 4:16 [NLT – New Living Translation]
Colossians 2:19; 2 Ti 3:17; Heb 13:20-21
1 John 3:16-18; Jn 15:13; [Php2:17]; Dt 15:7; Eph 4:15

1 Corinthians 13
2 Corinthians 4:6; 1Co 2:12-16

Greek Word Study
Children: ‘nepios’: an infant, an immature Christian; metaph-orically: a babe, one unlearned, implying censure (Eph 4:14, Hb 5:13)
Speaking the truth: ‘aletheuo’: from ‘alethes’ (true, be real, be true, truth). To be true (in doctrine and profession): - speak the truth. To act truly, To speak the Truth, Be sincere. (Eph 4:15; Gal 4:16)
To grow up: ‘auxano’: to grow; i.e. enlarge (lit or fig, active or passive): - grow (up); (continue to) increase.
In every way: ‘pas’: all, any, every, the whole: - all ways
Head: ‘kephale’: N. meaning head; one to whom others are subordinate; Figuratively, of Christ in relation to His Church which is His Body, and its members are His members. (Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23…)
Body: ‘soma’: N. meaning body, an organized whole made up of parts and members. Spoken figuratively for a body, meaning a whole, aggregate, collective mass, as spoken of the Christians Church, the whole body of Christians, collectively, of which Christ is the Head. (Eph 1:23; 2:16; 4:4, 12, 16; 5:23, 30)
Joined: ‘sunarmologeo’: to render close-jointed together, i.e. organize compactly: - to be joined together.
Held Together: ‘sumbibazo’: from sun (together) and bibazo (to force; causative, by reduplication (from base of ‘baino’ to walk)); to drive together, i.e. unite (in association or affection): Knit together
Joint: ‘haphe’: from ‘haptomai’ (to attach oneself, to connect); ligament (as fastening): - joint.
Supplies: ‘epichoregia’: from ‘epichoregeo’ (to fully supply, fig. to contribute): - Contribution. [In Greek text, NASB95 text]
Makes: ‘poieo’; to make, to produce, to bring about, to cause; spoken of a state or condition, or of things intangible and incorporeal, and generally of such things as are produced by an inward act of the mind or will; to cause, to bring about. (Eph 4:16)
Grow; ‘auxesis’; from ‘auxano’ (to grow up): - growth
Building up: ‘oikodome’: a structure; Noun from oikodomos, (n.f.) builder, which is from oikos (house) and dumeo (to build). A building up; the act of building. In NT only metaphorically: a building up in the faith, edification, advancement in the divine life, spoken of the Christian Church and its members. (Eph 4:12, 16, 29)
Synergy: root: ‘sunergeo’: (to be a fellow worker i.e. cooperate: - be active with; work together): - Dictionary definition: “The interaction of elements that, when combined, produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual contributions”.

​I.       “Christ’s Purpose”  
Ephesians 4:7-12; Jer 3:15; [Ac 20:28]; Eph 2:8-10
Ephesians 4:11-12; 1Co 12:5-6, 28; Ac 21:8; 2Ti 4:5;
Ephesians 4:16, 29
2Timothy 4:1-4; 1Ti 4:13; 5:20; Titus 1:13; 2:15; 1Ti 1:10
2 Timothy 3:1-7; Eph 1:22-23
John 17:14-17; Jn 8:23; 15:19; 17:3-9

II.       “Christ’s Goal"
Ephesians 4:13; 4:5; Heb 5:14
Philippians 3:10-15; Php 3:1-9
Ephesians 6:10-20

III.       “The Outcome: Maturity”
Ephesians 4:14; Jn 17:15; Ps 1
Hebrews 5:11-14; Heb 4:11-16; 6:1-3; 1Co 3:1-5
1Kings 3:7-14; Is 7:14-15; Gen 3:1; Eph 6:11; 4:14
Hebrews 13:9; Ja 1:1-6; Jude 12-13; Eph 4:14
Hebrews 4:11-13; Eph 4:11
Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13; Ps 91:11-12; Dt 6:13
1Samuel 7:3lacking nothing.

Greek Word Study
Shepherd: ‘poimen’: a shepherd (literal or figurative): - shepherd, pastor. N. meaning one who generally cares for flocks. Spoken of the Spiritual Guide of a particular church (Eph 4:11) (pastor-teacher)            [Synonyms: leader, teacher, overseer, elder, spiritual leader]
Equip: ‘katartismos’: to equip; N. from ‘katartizo’ (to fully train); to make fully ready; a perfecting, i.e. the act of making perfect. (Used only in Eph 4:12) syn: ‘teleiosis: a fulfilment, completion, perfection; an end accomplished as the effect of a Process.
Building up: ‘oikodome’: a structure; Noun from oikodomos, (n.f.) builder, which is from oikos (house) and dumeo (to build). A building up; the act of building. In NT only metaphorically: a building up in the faith, edification, advancement in the divine life, spoken of the Christian Church and its members. (Eph 4:12)
Attain: ‘katantao’: to arrive at (Lit. or Fig); reach. (Aorist, active first person plural; each one working as part of collective whole, arriving together)
Knowledge: ‘epignosis’: N. from ‘epiginosko’ (to become fully acquainted with); recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment; Full knowledge; the act of coming to a full knowledge, as spoken of what is known in the NT of Christ (…Eph 4:13…)
Son: ‘uihos’: a son; Specifically, the Son of God; Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Son of the Most High; in Gospel sense: Messiah, Savior, The Head of Gospel Dispensation; as proceeding and sent forth from God, as partaking of the divine nature and being in intimate union with the Father (…Eph 4:13…) (syn: ‘nepios’ used in Eph 4:14; an infant)
Mature: ‘teleios’: from ‘telos’ (complete) (in mental and moral character): - mature, perfect. Adj. from ‘telos’, goal, purpose. Finished, that which has reached its end, limit; hence, complete, full, lacking nothing. Specifically of persons, meaning full-grown. In NT (Fig) meaning full-grown in Christian Faith and Virtue (Eph 4:13)
Manhood: ‘ener’: man; Fig. a man of mature understanding (1Co 13:11). So in Eph 4:13 the progress of a Christian is likened to the growth of a child into a “mature man”, i.e. in understanding and true wisdom
Children: ‘nepios’: an infant, an immature Christian; meta-phorically: a babe, one unlearned, implying censure (Eph 4:14, Hb 5:13)
Cunning: ‘kubeia; from ‘kubos’ (a cube; i.e. a die for playing); gambling i.e. fig artifice or fraud: - cunning.
Craftiness; ‘panourgia’; (from shrewdness in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry, craftiness, cunning. OT: Gen 3:1: craftier:    Hb: ‘aruwm’: cunning (in a bad sense), crafty, shrewd, subtle.
Deceitful: ‘plane’; fem of ‘planos’ (roving as a tramp); object fraudulence; subject a straying from piety i.e. by imp imposter, misleader: deceitful, delusion, error fraud, + wandering
Schemes: ‘methodeia’: traveling over, i.e. travesty (trickery): - scheme. To trace out with method and skill; to deal artfully, with wile (stratagem meant to fool, trick or entice) (Eph 4:14, 6:11)         “Wiles of the Serpent”