Ephesians Chapter 4 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Ephesians 4:20

But ye did not so learn Christ;
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BBE Ephesians 4:20

For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;
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DARBY Ephesians 4:20

But *ye* have not thus learnt the Christ,
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KJV Ephesians 4:20

But ye have not so learned Christ;
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WBT Ephesians 4:20


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WEB Ephesians 4:20

But you did not learn Christ that way;
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YLT Ephesians 4:20

and ye did not so learn the Christ,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - But ye did not thus learn Christ. "But" emphatic - a great contrast, that must come home to the conscience of every Christian, and to his whole heart and soul. The expression, "learn Christ," is a pregnant one, corresponding to "preaching Christ" (Acts 8:5) - all about Christ, Christ in all his offices, and in all his influence. He that learns Christ appropriates him in the efficacy of his atonement, in the power of his Spirit, in the force of his lessons, and in the spirit of his influence, and finds the whole to be diametrically opposite to the godless world.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Ye have not so learned Christ.--Better, ye did not so learn the Christ. To "learn Christ" is a phrase not used elsewhere; but easily interpreted by the commoner phrase to "know Christ" (see John 14:7; John 14:9; 2Corinthians 5:16; Philippians 3:10), which is still nearer to it in the original, for the word used for "to know" properly means to perceive or "come to know." It would seem that the name "the Christ" is here used emphatically, in distinction from the "Jesus" of the next verse. "To learn the Christ" is to enter into the true meaning of His office as the Anointed Priest, Prophet, and King, or, in one word, as the Mediator, in whom we as Christians escape from the guilt and bondage of the sins described above. Such learning--like the "knowing" of 2Corinthians 5:14--is not "after the flesh," by the mere hearing of the ear, but "after the Spirit," writing Christ upon the heart.