Ephesians 4:20 (YLT)

Passage

and ye did not so learn the Christ,

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:18 being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

Ephesians 4:19 who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

Ephesians 4:20 and ye did not so learn the Christ,

Ephesians 4:21 if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

Ephesians 4:22 ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "learn" and "christ". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "learn" and "christ", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "who having ceased to feel themselves did..." into verse 21's "if so be ye did hear him...", so "learn" and "christ" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "learn" and "christ" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.