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Ephesians 4
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The Unity of the Body

4I urge you, then - I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you.G1473G3767G1198G1722G2962G3870G5209G4043G516G2821G3739G2564
2Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another.G3326G3956G5012G2532G4236G3326G3115G430G240G1722G26
3Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.G4704G5083G1775G4151G1722G4886G1515
4There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you.G1520G4983G2532G1520G4151G2531G2532G2564G1722G3391G1680G5216G2821
5There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism;G1520G2962G1520G4102G3391G908
6there is one God and Father of all people, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.G1520G2316G2532G3962G3956G3588G1909G3956G2532G1223G3956G2532G1722G5213G3956
7Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to what Christ has given.G1161G1538G1520G2257G1325G5485G2596G3358G1431G5547
8As the scripture says, "When he went up to the very heights, he took many captives with him; he gave gifts to people."G1352G3004G305G1519G5311G162G161G2532G1325G1390G444
9Now, what does "he went up" mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth.G1161G305G5101G2076G1508G3754G2597G2532G2597G4412G1519G2737G3313G1093
10So the one who came down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the whole universe with his presence.G846G2597G2076G2532G305G5231G3956G3772G2443G4137G3956
11It was he who "gave gifts to people"; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers.G2532G846G1325G3303G652G1161G4396G1161G2099G1161G4166G2532G1320
12He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ.G4314G2677G40G1519G2041G1248G1519G3619G4983G5547
13And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature.G3360G3956G2658G1519G1775G4102G2532G1922G5207G2316G1519G5046G435G1519G3358G2244G4138G5547
14Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent.G2443G5600G3371G3516G2831G2532G4064G3956G417G1319G1722G2940G444G1722G3834G4314G3180G4106
15Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head.G1161G226G1722G26G837G1519G846G3956G3739G2076G2776G5547
16Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.G1537G3739G3956G4983G4883G2532G4822G1223G3956G860G2024G2596G1753G1722G3358G1538G1520G3313G4160G838G4983G1519G3619G1438G1722G26

The New Life in Christ

17In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthlessG5124G3004G3767G2532G3143G1722G2962G5209G3371G4043G3371G2531G2532G3062G1484G4043G1722G3153G846G3563
18and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn.G1271G4654G5607G526G2222G2316G1223G52G5607G1722G846G1223G4457G846G2588
19They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint.G3748G524G3860G1438G3860G766G1519G2039G3956G167G1722G4124
20That was not what you learned about Christ!G1161G5210G3129G3756G3779G3129G5547
21You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.G1489G191G846G2532G1321G1722G846G2531G225G2076G1722G2424
22So get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to - the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires.G5209G659G2596G4387G391G3820G444G3588G5351G2596G539G1939
23Your hearts and minds must be made completely new,G1161G365G4151G5216G3563
24and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy.G2532G1746G2537G444G3588G2596G2316G2936G1722G1343G2532G225G3742
25No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ.G1352G659G5579G2980G1538G225G3326G846G4139G3754G2070G3196G240
26If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day.G3710G2532G264G3361G1931G3361G2246G1931G1909G5216G3950
27Don't give the Devil a chance.G3383G1325G5117G1228
28If you used to rob, you must stop robbing and start working, in order to earn an honest living for yourself and to be able to help the poor.G2813G2813G2813G3371G1161G3123G2872G2038G5495G18G2443G2192G3330G5532G2192
29Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you.G4550G3361G3956G4550G3056G1607G1537G5216G4750G235G1536G18G4314G5532G3619G2443G1325G5485G191
30And do not make God's Holy Spirit sad; for the Spirit is God's mark of ownership on you, a guarantee that the Day will come when God will set you free.G2532G3076G3361G40G4151G2316G1722G3739G4972G1519G2250G629
31Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort.G142G3956G4088G2532G2372G2532G3709G2532G2906G2532G988G142G575G5216G4862G3956G2549
32Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.G1161G1096G5543G1519G240G2155G5483G1438G2531G2532G2316G1722G5547G1722G5483G5213


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