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Unity of the Spirit
1 Therefore I,
Athe prisoner of the Lord,
Bimplore you to
Cwalk in a manner worthy of the
Dcalling with which you have been
Ecalled,
2 with all
Ahumility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another
Bin love,
3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the
Abond of peace.
4 There is Aone body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one
Bhope of your calling;
5 Aone Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all
Awho is over all and through all and in all.
7 But
Ato each one of us
Bgrace was given
Caccording to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore
1it says,
“
AWʜᴇɴ Hᴇ ᴀscᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ oɴ ʜɪɢʜ,
Hᴇ
Bʟᴇᴅ cᴀᴘᴛɪvᴇ ᴀ ʜosᴛ oꜰ cᴀᴘᴛɪvᴇs,
Aɴᴅ Hᴇ ɢᴀvᴇ ɢɪꜰᴛs ᴛo ᴍᴇɴ.”
9 (Now this
expression, “He
Aascended,” what
1does it mean except that He also
2had descended into
Bthe lower parts of the earth?
10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended
Afar above all the heavens, so that He might
Bfill all things.)
11 And He
Agave
Bsome
as apostles, and some
as prophets, and some
as Cevangelists, and some
as pastors and
Dteachers,
12 Afor the equipping of the
1saints for the work of service, to the building up of
Bthe body of Christ;
13 until we all attain to
Athe unity of the faith, and of the
1Bknowledge of the Son of God, to a
Cmature man, to the measure of the stature
2which belongs to the
Dfullness of Christ.
14 1As a result, we are
Ano longer to be children,
Btossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by
Ccraftiness
2in
Ddeceitful scheming;
15 but
1speaking the truth
Ain love,
2we are to
Bgrow up in all
aspects into Him who is the
Chead,
even Christ,
16 from whom
Athe whole body, being fitted and held together
1by what every joint supplies, according to the
2proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself
Bin love.
The Christian’s Walk
17 ASo this I say, and affirm together with the Lord,
Bthat you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the
Cfutility of their mind,
18 being
Adarkened in their understanding,
1Bexcluded from the life of God because of the
Cignorance that is in them, because of the
Dhardness of their heart;
19 and they, having
Abecome callous,
Bhave given themselves over to
Csensuality
1for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
20 But you did not
Alearn
1Christ in this way,
21 if indeed you
Ahave heard Him and have
Bbeen taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,
22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you
Alay aside the
Bold
1self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the
Clusts of deceit,
23 and that you be
Arenewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and
Aput on the
Bnew
1self, which
2Cin
the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
25 Therefore,
Alaying aside falsehood,
Bsᴘᴇᴀᴋ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴇᴀcʜ oɴᴇ
of you wɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ɴᴇɪɢʜʙoʀ, for we are
Cmembers of one another.
26 ABᴇ ᴀɴɢʀʏ, ᴀɴᴅ
yet ᴅo ɴoᴛ sɪɴ; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27 and do not
Agive the devil
1an opportunity.
28 He who steals must steal no longer; but rather
Ahe must labor,
Bperforming with his own hands what is good,
Cso that he will have
something to share with
1one who has need.
29 Let no
1Aunwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such
a word as is good for
Bedification
2according to the need
of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
30 ADo not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
1by whom you were
Bsealed for the day of redemption.
31 ALet all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be
Bput away from you, along with all
Cmalice.
32 ABe kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other,
Bjust as God in Christ also has forgiven
1you.