Therefore I, athe prisoner of the Lord, bimplore you to cwalk in a manner worthy of the dcalling with which you have been ecalled,
2with all ahumility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another bin love,
3being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the abond of peace.
4There is aone body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one bhope of your calling;
5aone Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6one God and Father of all awho is over all and through all and in all.
7But ato each one of us bgrace was given caccording to the measure of Christ's gift.
8Therefore 1it says, " aWHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE bLED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."
9(Now this expression, "He aascended," what 1does it mean except that He also 2had descended into bthe lower parts of the earth?
10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended afar above all the heavens, so that He might bfill all things.)
11And He agave bsome as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as cevangelists, and some as pastors and dteachers,
12afor the equipping of the 1saints for the work of service, to the building up of bthe body of Christ;
13until we all attain to athe unity of the faith, and of the 1 bknowledge of the Son of God, to a cmature man, to the measure of the stature 2which belongs to the dfullness of Christ.
141As 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;
15but 1speaking the truth ain love, 2we are to bgrow up in all aspects into Him who is the chead, even Christ,
16from 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.
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,
18being adarkened in their understanding, 1 bexcluded from the life of God because of the cignorance that is in them, because of the dhardness of their heart;
19and they, having abecome callous, bhave given themselves over to csensuality 1for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
20But you did not alearn 1Christ in this way,
21if indeed you ahave heard Him and have bbeen taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,
22that, 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,
23and that you be arenewed in the spirit of your mind,
24and aput on the bnew 1self, which 2 cin the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
25Therefore, alaying aside falsehood, bSPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are cmembers of one another.
26aBE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27and do not agive the devil 1an opportunity.
28He 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.
29Let no 1 aunwholesome 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.
30aDo not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, 1by whom you were bsealed for the day of redemption.
31aLet all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be bput away from you, along with all cmalice.
32aBe kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, bjust as God in Christ also has forgiven 1you.