Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Ephesians 4:28

“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”

Ephesians 4:28 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Ephesians 4:28, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Ephesians 4. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

27 Neither give place to the devil.

28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 Timothy 6:18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
  • Galatians 6:10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • Exodus 20:15Thou shalt not steal.
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
  • Zechariah 5:3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sw…
  • Luke 21:1And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of u…
  • Hosea 4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
  • Luke 3:10And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
  • John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
  • Jeremiah 7:9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
  • Luke 19:8And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
  • Exodus 21:16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

More to meet God in Ephesians

Ephesians 2:8Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 6:10Ephesians 3:20Ephesians 4:32Ephesians 2:4Ephesians 6:11Ephesians 1:7Ephesians 4:31Ephesians 2:2Ephesians 5:3Ephesians 1:4Ephesians 1:17Ephesians 6:18

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.