CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors of Nationwide Life Insurance Company and Contract Owners
of Nationwide VLI Separate Account - 4:




We consent to the use of our reports for Nationwide VLI Separate Account-4 dated
March 4, 2005 and for Nationwide Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries dated
March 1, 2005, included herein, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Services" in the Statement of Additional Information (File No.
333-43671). Our report for Nationwide Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries
refers to the adoption of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants' Statement of Position 03-1, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance
Enterprises for Certain Long-Duration Contracts and for Separate Accounts in
2004.





KPMG LLP
Columbus, Ohio
April 25, 2005