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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to live 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] | 3making every effort to keep 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 at your calling-- |
| 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 above all and through all and in all. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For it says: When he ascended on high, he took the captives captive; he gave gifts to people. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But what does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower parts of the earth? |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens, to fill all things. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12equipping the saints for the work of ministry, 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 God's Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ's fullness. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head--Christ. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16From him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their thoughts. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But that is not how you came to know Christ, |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21assuming you heard about him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by 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, the one created according to God's likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Be angry and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27and don't give the devil an opportunity. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30And don't grieve God's Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him for the day of redemption. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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