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Unity in the Body

*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

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Unity in the Body of Christ

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

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with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;

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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.

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eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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[There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;

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There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call —

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one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

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But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

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But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

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Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.

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Therefore it says,
“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.”a

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But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?b

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He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;

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He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

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and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,

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And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherdsc and teachers,d

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for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

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to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

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until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

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until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,e to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

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in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;

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so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

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but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

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Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

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from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.

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from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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Living as Children of Light

This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,

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The New Life

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

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being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,

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They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

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who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.

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They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

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But *ye* have not thus learnt the Christ,

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But that is not the way you learned Christ! —

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if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;

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assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,

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[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;

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to put off your old self,f which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

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and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;

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and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.

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and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

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Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

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Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

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Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,

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Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

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neither give room for the devil.

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and give no opportunity to the devil.

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Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.

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Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

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Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].

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Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.

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And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

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Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

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and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.

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Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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Ephesians 4

Ephesians 4