4As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.G1473G3767G1198G1722G2962G3870G5209G4043G516G2821G3739G2564

2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.G3326G3956G5012G2532G4236G3326G3115G430G240G1722G26

3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.G4704G5083G1775G4151G1722G4886G1515

4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;G1520G4983G2532G1520G4151G2531G2532G2564G1722G3391G1680G5216G2821

5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;G1520G2962G1520G4102G3391G908

6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.G1520G2316G2532G3962G3956G3588G1909G3956G2532G1223G3956G2532G1722G5213G3956

7But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.G1161G1538G1520G2257G1325G5485G2596G3358G1431G5547

8This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people."G1352G3004G305G1519G5311G162G161G2532G1325G1390G444

9(What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?G1161G305G5101G2076G1508G3754G2597G2532G2597G4412G1519G2737G3313G1093

10He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)G846G2597G2076G2532G305G5231G3956G3772G2443G4137G3956

11So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,G2532G846G1325G3303G652G1161G4396G1161G2099G1161G4166G2532G1320

12to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built upG4314G2677G40G1519G2041G1248G1519G3619G4983G5547

13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.G3360G3956G2658G1519G1775G4102G2532G1922G5207G2316G1519G5046G435G1519G3358G2244G4138G5547

14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.G2443G5600G3371G3516G2831G2532G4064G3956G417G1319G1722G2940G444G1722G3834G4314G3180G4106

15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the head, that is, Christ.G1161G226G1722G26G837G1519G846G3956G3739G2076G2776G5547

16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.G1537G3739G3956G4983G4883G2532G4822G1223G3956G860G2024G2596G1753G1722G3358G1538G1520G3313G4160G838G4983G1519G3619G1438G1722G26

17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.G5124G3004G3767G2532G3143G1722G2962G5209G3371G4043G3371G2531G2532G3062G1484G4043G1722G3153G846G3563

18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.G1271G4654G5607G526G2222G2316G1223G52G5607G1722G846G1223G4457G846G2588

19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.G3748G524G3860G1438G3860G766G1519G2039G3956G167G1722G4124

20That, however, is not the way of life you learnedG1161G5210G3129G3756G3779G3129G5547

21when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.G1489G191G846G2532G1321G1722G846G2531G225G2076G1722G2424

22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;G5209G659G2596G4387G391G3820G444G3588G5351G2596G539G1939

23to be made new in the attitude of your minds;G1161G365G4151G5216G3563

24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.G2532G1746G2537G444G3588G2596G2316G2936G1722G1343G2532G225G3742

25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.G1352G659G5579G2980G1538G225G3326G846G4139G3754G2070G3196G240

26"In your anger do not sin" : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,G3710G2532G264G3361G1931G3361G2246G1931G1909G5216G3950

27and do not give the devil a foothold.G3383G1325G5117G1228

28Those who have been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.G2813G2813G2813G3371G1161G3123G2872G2038G5495G18G2443G2192G3330G5532G2192

29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.G4550G3361G3956G4550G3056G1607G1537G5216G4750G235G1536G18G4314G5532G3619G2443G1325G5485G191

30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.G2532G3076G3361G40G4151G2316G1722G3739G4972G1519G2250G629

31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.G142G3956G4088G2532G2372G2532G3709G2532G2906G2532G988G142G575G5216G4862G3956G2549

32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.G1161G1096G5543G1519G240G2155G5483G1438G2531G2532G2316G1722G5547G1722G5483G5213