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1I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called.[#Eph 3:1; #Col 1:10]
2With all humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love,[#Col 3:12–13]
3be eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4There is one body and one Spirit, even as you were called in one hope of your calling,[#Eph 1:18]
5one Lord, one faith, one baptism,[#Mt 28:19; 1Co 8:6]
6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.[#1Co 12:6; #Ro 11:36]
7But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the gift of Christ.[#Ro 12:3; Eph 3:2]
8Therefore He says:
“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
and gave gifts to men.”
9(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?[#Jn 3:13; 6:33; #1Pe 3:19]
10He who descended is also He who ascended far above all the heavens that He might fill all things.)[#Heb 4:14; 7:26]
11He gave some to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers,[#Ac 13:1; 21:8; 2Ti 1:11]
12for the equipping of the saints, for the work of service, and for the building up of the body of Christ,[#1Co 12:27; Eph 1:23]
13until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,[#Eph 4:5; #Eph 1:23]
14so we may no longer be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about with every wind of teaching by the trickery of men, by craftiness with deceitful scheming.[#1Co 14:20; #Jas 1:6]
15But, speaking the truth in love, we may grow up in all things into Him, who is the head, Christ Himself,[#Eph 1:22; 2:21]
16from whom the whole body is joined together and connected by every joint and ligament, as every part effectively does its work and grows, building itself up in love.[#Col 2:19; #Eph 1:4]
17Therefore this I say and testify in the Lord, that from now on you walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds,[#Eph 2:1–3; #Ro 1:21]
18having their understanding darkened, excluded from the life of God through the ignorance that is within them, due to the hardness of their hearts.[#Gal 4:8; Eph 2:12]
19Being calloused they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.[#1Ti 4:2]
20But you did not learn about Christ in this manner,
21if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:[#Eph 1:13]
22that you put off the former way of life in the old nature, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,[#Ro 6:6; #Heb 3:13]
23and be renewed in the spirit of your mind;[#Ro 12:2; Col 3:10]
24and that you put on the new nature, which was created according to God in righteousness and true holiness.[#Ro 6:4; #Eph 2:10]
25Therefore, putting away lying, let every man speak truthfully with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.[#Col 3:9; #Zec 8:16; #Ro 12:5]
26Be angry but do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger.[#Ps 4:4; 37:8]
27Do not give place to the devil.[#Jas 4:7]
28Let him who steals steal no more. Instead, let him labor, working with his hands things which are good, that he may have something to share with him who is in need.[#1Th 4:11–12]
29Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.[#Col 4:6]
30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you are sealed for the day of redemption.[#Isa 63:10; 1Th 5:19; #Ro 8:23]
31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and blasphemies, with all malice, be taken away from you.[#Ecc 7:9; Col 3:8]
32And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.[#Mt 6:12; 2Co 2:10; Col 3:12–13]