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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,
*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
Unity of the Spirit
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
[There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
Therefore it says,
“WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,
HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES,
AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.”
“WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,
HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES,
AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.”
But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)
and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
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;
for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
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;
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
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;
As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
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.
from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
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,
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,
The Christian’s Walk
So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
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,
being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,
[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.
Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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.
He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.
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].
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.