Ephesians 4:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.

The Old Life and the New

¹⁷ Therefore, I tell you and insist on^[a] in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts.^{[b] 18} They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.