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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.” |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But this is not the way you came to know Christ. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus— |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27and do not give the devil a foothold. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you. |
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