Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
Watchtower
ONLINE LIBRARY
English
  • BIBLE
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • MEETINGS
  • Ephesians 4:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 17 So this is what I say and bear witness to in the Lord, that you should no longer go on walking just as the nations also walk,+ in the futility* of their minds.+

  • Ephesians 4:17
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 17 Τοῦτο This οὖν therefore λέγω I am saying καὶ and μαρτύρομαι I am bearing witness ἐν in κυρίῳ, Lord, μηκέτι not yet ὑμᾶς YOU περιπατεῖν to be walking καθὼς according as καὶ also τὰ the ἔθνη nations περιπατεῖ is walking ἐν in ματαιότητι vanity τοῦ of the νοὸς mind αὐτῶν, of them,

  • Ephesians 4:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 This, therefore, I say and bear witness to in [the] Lord, that YOU no longer go on walking just as the nations+ also walk in the unprofitableness of their minds,+

  • Ephesians 4:17
    The Bible in Living English
    • 17 So this I say and protest in the Lord, that you are no longer to go the same way as the heathen do in their fatuousness of mind,

  • Ephesians 4:17
    American Standard Version
    • 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  • Ephesians 4:17
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 17 This therefore am I saying and protesting in the Lord:—That no longer ye walk even as the nations walk—In the vanity of their minds,

  • Ephesians 4:17
    King James Version
    • 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 4:17 it-1 733; w93 3/1 8-10

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 4:17 w85 8/1 27-28; w85 8/15 13-14; w79 6/1 6; w62 519; w61 141; w60 106

  • Ephesians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 4:17

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 733

      The Watchtower,

      3/1/1993, pp. 8-10

  • Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 4:17

      futility: Or “emptiness; vanity.” According to one lexicon, the thought in this verse is that the people of the nations “walk with their minds fixed on futile things.” Their course leads to frustration and disappointment, which is one reason why Paul urges Christians to stop “walking just as the nations also walk.”​—For further comments on the Greek word rendered “futility,” see study note on Ro 8:20.

English Publications (1950-2025)
Log Out
Log In
  • English
  • Share
  • Preferences
  • Copyright © 2025 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Settings
  • JW.ORG
  • Log In
Share