Ephesians 4:28
Neutral key: nrf1:EPH.004.028
About the book Ephesians Trend of this verse since 2000
Which lectionaries prescribe this verse
Bible text
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
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Statistics
- 6 Verse-level uses Counting rule CR-BASE: every citation of this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 6 Explicit citations Counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE, as in the Top 100: only citations that name this verse.
- #4,803 Rank Rank 4,803 of 19,199 verses with explicit citations; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping Position 29,425 in the sequence prot66.nrf, New Testament
6 of the verse-level uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
No person of the Bible is linked to this verse yet.
Topics of this verse
- Helping others
- Speaking the truth in love
- Helping those in need
- Helping the poor
- Sharing with others
- Employees
- Becoming more like christ
- Giving to the needy
- Taking care of yourself
- Generation to generation
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.2 more topics are not shown.
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Numbering in the versification systems
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse unit has the following labels (mapping release R8); labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 4 occurrences
- Die Losungen (official yearly files): 1 occurrence
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 1 occurrence
Occurrences
6 approved public occurrences in the profile official@2, newest first.
- Date
- May 11, 2025
- Cited as
- Epheser 4,28
- Source
- Die Losungen (official yearly files), Die Losungen 2025 (Jahresdatei der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität)
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2025-05-11 (3. Sonntag nach Ostern – Jubilate (Jauchzet Gott, alle Lande! Psalm 66,1))
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Translation
- Lutherbibel 2017
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jul 8, 2012
- Cited as
- Epheser 4,28
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 8. Juli 2012
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2012-07-08
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Ephesians 4:28
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1225 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Ephesians 4:28
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Ephesians
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Thomas Aquinas
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- Ephesians 4:28
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Homily on Ephesians
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- John Chrysostom
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 145 – Dec 31, 220
- Cited as
- Ephesians 4:28
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The Stromata Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Clement of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1 / CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1, profile official@2, epoch 101
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – verse-level uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – explicit citations (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 101, published Nov 5, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8- Rank
- As in the Top 100: explicit citations, highest first, over the verses with at least one; tied verses share a rank.
- Occurrences
- Approved public occurrences of the profile shown, with at least one passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
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