Ephesians 4:21

Amplified Bible

If in fact you have [really] heard Him and have been taught by Him, just as truth is in Jesus [revealed in His life and personified in Him],

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I know that you heard about him, and in him you were taught the truth. Yes, the truth is in Jesus.

Revised Standard Version
assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
if so be ye have hearde of him and are taught in him even as the trueth is in Iesu.

Hebrew Names Version
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Yeshua:

New American Standard Bible
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

New Century Version
I know that you heard about him, and you are in him, so you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.

Update Bible Version
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

Webster's Bible Translation
If indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

English Standard Version
assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,

World English Bible
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and been taught by him, (as the truth is in Jesus) To put off,

Weymouth's New Testament
if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and ben tauyt in hym, as is treuthe in Jhesu.

English Revised Version
if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

Berean Standard Bible
Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him, in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus,

American Standard Version
if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

Bible in Basic English
If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:

Complete Jewish Bible
If you really listened to him and were instructed about him, then you learned that since what is in Yeshua is truth,

Darby Translation
if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;

International Standard Version
Surely you have listened to him and have been taught by him, since truth is in Jesus.Ephesians 1:13;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
if really you have heard him and learned as the truth is in Jeshu;

Murdock Translation
if ye have truly heard him, and by him have learned as the truth is in Jesus.

King James Version (1611)
If so be that ye haue heard him, and haue bene taught by him, as the trueth is in Iesus,

New Living Translation
Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him,

New Life Bible
If you have heard of Him and have learned from Him,

New Revised Standard
For surely you have heard about him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
If so be yee haue heard him, and haue bene taught by him, as the trueth is in Iesus,

George Lamsa Translation
If you have truly heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is found in Jesus:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, at least, it is, him, ye have heard, and, in him, ye have been taught - even as truth is in Jesus, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
If so be that you have heard him and have been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yf so be that ye haue hearde hym, and haue ben taught in hym, as the trueth is in Iesus,

Good News Translation
You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.

Christian Standard Bible®
assuming you heard about him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus,

King James Version
If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Lexham English Bible
if indeed you have heard about him, and you were taught by him (just as truth is in Jesus),

Literal Translation
if indeed you heard Him and were taught in Him, as the truth is in Jesus.

Young's Literal Translation
if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
yf so be that ye haue herde of him, & are taught in him, euen as the trueth is in Iesu.

Mace New Testament (1729)
if you have heard of him, and have been taught the truth as he preach'd it:

New English Translation
if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

New King James Version
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Simplified Cowboy Version
He's the one who showed us the way to live and ride.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

Legacy Standard Bible
if indeed you heard Him and were taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls], ¹⁸for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart. ¹⁹And they, [the ungodly in their spiritual apathy], having become callous and unfeeling, have given themselves over [as prey] to unbridled sensuality, eagerly craving the practice of every kind of impurity [that their desires may demand]. ²⁰But you did not learn Christ in this way! ²¹If in fact you have [really] heard Him and have been taught by Him, just as truth is in Jesus [revealed in His life and personified in Him],²²that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires, ²³and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude], ²⁴and put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God's image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of the truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation]. ²⁵Therefore, rejecting all falsehood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these], SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the body of Christ]. ²⁶BE ANGRY [at sin—at immorality, at injustice, at ungodly behavior], YET DO NOT SIN; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it to] last until the sun goes down.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heard: Matthew 17:5, Luke 10:16, John 10:27, Acts 3:22, Acts 3:23, Hebrews 3:7, Hebrews 3:8

as: Ephesians 1:13, Psalms 45:4, Psalms 85:10, Psalms 85:11, John 1:17, John 14:6, John 14:17, 2 Corinthians 1:20, 2 Corinthians 11:10, 1 John 5:10-12, 1 John 5:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 25:5 - Lead Psalms 86:11 - Teach Psalms 119:142 - and thy Isaiah 48:17 - which teacheth Isaiah 54:13 - all Daniel 9:13 - that we Matthew 11:29 - and learn John 6:45 - And they John 17:17 - word Acts 5:42 - preach Acts 8:35 - preached 2 Corinthians 6:7 - the word Ephesians 3:2 - ye Philippians 4:12 - I am 1 Timothy 3:15 - the truth 1 John 2:27 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
"And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's [shed] blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."

Genesis 31:27
"Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?

Job 21:12
"They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

Isaiah 5:12
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts; But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the LORD, Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

Amos 6:5
Who improvise to the sound of the harp— Like David they have composed songs for themselves—

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If so be that ye have heard him,.... Not heard him preach, but heard him preached; and that not merely externally, with the outward hearing of the ear; though oftentimes spiritual conviction and illumination, true faith in Christ, real comfort from him, and establishment and assurance of interest in him, come this way, as to these Ephesians, Ephesians 1:13 but internally, so as to know him, understand his word, and distinguish his voice; so as to approve of him and love him, and believe in him; feel the power of his Gospel, relish his truths, and obey his ordinances, and so bring forth fruit to his glory; as such do, who are quickened by him, whose ears are unstopped, and their hearts opened, and their understandings enlightened; and who have hearing ears, and understanding hearts given them:

and have been taught by him: not personally, but by his Spirit and ministers; for Christ is not only the subject of the ministry of the word, and whom the Spirit of God teaches and directs souls to for righteousness, pardon, cleansing, and for every supply of grace; but he is the efficient cause of teaching; and there is none who teaches like him: and those who are taught by him, are taught

as the truth is in Jesus; as the Gospel is in him, as in its original and subject; for he is truth itself, and grace and truth came by him; and as it was preached by him, and so is pure and unmixed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If so be that ye have heard him - If you have listened attentively to his instructions, and learned the true nature of his religion. There may be a slight and delicate doubt implied here whether they had attentively listened to his instructions. Doddridge, however, renders it, “Seeing ye have heard him;” compare notes on Ephesians 3:2.

And have been taught by him - By his Spirit, or by the ministers whom he had appointed.

As the truth is in Jesus - If you have learned the true nature of his religion as he himself taught it. What the truth was which the Lord Jesus taught, or what his principles implied, the apostle proceeds to state in the following verses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. If so be that ye have heard him — ειγε, Seeing that, since indeed, ye have heard us proclaim his eternal truth; we have delivered it to you as we received it from Jesus.