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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,
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.
endeavoring to keep 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 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.
But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
Spiritual Gifts
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
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 He says:
“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”
“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”
But that he ascended, what is it but that he also 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 also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, 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 Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some 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;
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;
till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of 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;
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
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, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head — 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, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying 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,
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,
having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness 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 by Him, as the 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 you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
Do Not Grieve the Spirit
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth 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 do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
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.
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him 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].
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
And 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;