Ephesians 4:17 - Prayer Tents

Unity of the Spirit

4I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,G1473G3767G1198G1722G2962G3870G5209G4043G516G2821G3739G2564

2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love,G3326G3956G5012G2532G4236G3326G3115G430G240G1722G26

3being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.G4704G5083G1775G4151G1722G4886G1515

4[There is] one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;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 was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.G1161G1538G1520G2257G1325G5485G2596G3358G1431G5547

8Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."G1352G3004G305G1519G5311G162G161G2532G1325G1390G444

9(Now this [expression,] "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?G1161G305G5101G2076G1508G3754G2597G2532G2597G4412G1519G2737G3313G1093

10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)G846G2597G2076G2532G305G5231G3956G3772G2443G4137G3956

11And He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] evangelists, and some [as] pastors and teachers,G2532G846G1325G3303G652G1161G4396G1161G2099G1161G4166G2532G1320

12for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;G4314G2677G40G1519G2041G1248G1519G3619G4983G5547

13until 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 fulness of Christ.G3360G3956G2658G1519G1775G4102G2532G1922G5207G2316G1519G5046G435G1519G3358G2244G4138G5547

14As 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;G2443G5600G3371G3516G2831G2532G4064G3956G417G1319G1722G2940G444G1722G3834G4314G3180G4106

15but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all [aspects] into Him, who is the head, [even] Christ,G1161G226G1722G26G837G1519G846G3956G3739G2076G2776G5547

16from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which 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.G1537G3739G3956G4983G4883G2532G4822G1223G3956G860G2024G2596G1753G1722G3358G1538G1520G3313G4160G838G4983G1519G3619G1438G1722G26

The Christian’s Walk

17This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,G5124G3004G3767G2532G3143G1722G2962G5209G3371G4043G3371G2531G2532G3062G1484G4043G1722G3153G846G3563

18being 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;G1271G4654G5607G526G2222G2316G1223G52G5607G1722G846G1223G4457G846G2588

19and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.G3748G524G3860G1438G3860G766G1519G2039G3956G167G1722G4124

20But you did not learn Christ in this way,G1161G5210G3129G3756G3779G3129G5547

21if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,G1489G191G846G2532G1321G1722G846G2531G225G2076G1722G2424

22that, 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,G5209G659G2596G4387G391G3820G444G3588G5351G2596G539G1939

23and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,G1161G365G4151G5216G3563

24and put on the new self, which in [the likeness of] God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.G2532G1746G2537G444G3588G2596G2316G2936G1722G1343G2532G225G3742

25Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH, EACH ONE [of you,] WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.G1352G659G5579G2980G1538G225G3326G846G4139G3754G2070G3196G240

26BE ANGRY, AND [yet] DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,G3710G2532G264G3361G1931G3361G2246G1931G1909G5216G3950

27and do not give the devil an opportunity.G3383G1325G5117G1228

28Let him who steals steal no longer; but rather let him labor, performing with his own hands what is good, in order that he may have [something] to share with him who has need.G2813G2813G2813G3371G1161G3123G2872G2038G5495G18G2443G2192G3330G5532G2192

29Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such [a word] as is good for edification according to the need [of the moment,] that it may give grace to those who hear.G4550G3361G3956G4550G3056G1607G1537G5216G4750G235G1536G18G4314G5532G3619G2443G1325G5485G191

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

31Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.G142G3956G4088G2532G2372G2532G3709G2532G2906G2532G988G142G575G5216G4862G3956G2549

32And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.G1161G1096G5543G1519G240G2155G5483G1438G2531G2532G2316G1722G5547G1722G5483G5213