Ephesians 4:32 - Prayer Tents



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Ephesians 4
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The Messiah’s Gifts to the Church

4I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to live in a way that is worthy of the calling to which you have been called,G1473G3767G1198G1722G2962G3870G5209G4043G516G2821G3739G2564
2demonstrating all expressions of humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another in love.G3326G3956G5012G2532G4236G3326G3115G430G240G1722G26
3Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of peace.G4704G5083G1775G4151G1722G4886G1515
4There is one body and one Spirit. Likewise, you were called to the one hope of your calling.G1520G4983G2532G1520G4151G2531G2532G2564G1722G3391G1680G5216G2821
5There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,G1520G2962G1520G4102G3391G908
6one God and Father of all, who is above all, through all, and in all.G1520G2316G2532G3962G3956G3588G1909G3956G2532G1223G3956G2532G1722G5213G3956
7Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.G1161G1538G1520G2257G1325G5485G2596G3358G1431G5547
8That is why God says, "When he went up to the highest place he led captives into captivity and gave gifts to people."G1352G3004G305G1519G5311G162G161G2532G1325G1390G444
9Now what does this "he went up" mean except that he also had gone down into the lower parts of the earth -G1161G305G5101G2076G1508G3754G2597G2532G2597G4412G1519G2737G3313G1093
10The one who went down is the same one who went up above all the heavens so that all things would be fulfilled.G846G2597G2076G2532G305G5231G3956G3772G2443G4137G3956
11And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,G2532G846G1325G3303G652G1161G4396G1161G2099G1161G4166G2532G1320
12to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the MessiahG4314G2677G40G1519G2041G1248G1519G3619G4983G5547
13until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in the Messiah.G3360G3956G2658G1519G1775G4102G2532G1922G5207G2316G1519G5046G435G1519G3358G2244G4138G5547
14Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.G2443G5600G3371G3516G2831G2532G4064G3956G417G1319G1722G2940G444G1722G3834G4314G3180G4106
15Instead, by speaking the truth in love, we will grow up completely and become one with the head, that is, one with the Messiah,G1161G226G1722G26G837G1519G846G3956G3739G2076G2776G5547
16in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.14G1537G3739G3956G4983G4883G2532G4822G1223G3956G860G2024G2596G1753G1722G3358G1538G1520G3313G4160G838G4983G1519G3619G1438G1722G26

The Old Life and the New

17Therefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts.G5124G3004G3767G2532G3143G1722G2962G5209G3371G4043G3371G2531G2532G3062G1484G4043G1722G3153G846G3563
18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.G1271G4654G5607G526G2222G2316G1223G52G5607G1722G846G1223G4457G846G2588
19Since they have lost all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to sensuality and practice every kind of sexual perversion without restraint.G3748G524G3860G1438G3860G766G1519G2039G3956G167G1722G4124
20However, that is not the way you came to know the Messiah.G1161G5210G3129G3756G3779G3129G5547
21Surely you have listened to him and have been taught by him, since truth is in Jesus.G1489G191G846G2532G1321G1722G846G2531G225G2076G1722G2424
22Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,G5209G659G2596G4387G391G3820G444G3588G5351G2596G539G1939
23to be renewed in your mental attitude,G1161G365G4151G5216G3563
24and to clothe yourselves with the new nature, which was created according to God's image in righteousness and true holiness.G2532G1746G2537G444G3588G2596G2316G2936G1722G1343G2532G225G3742
25Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.G1352G659G5579G2980G1538G225G3326G846G4139G3754G2070G3196G240
26"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,G3710G2532G264G3361G1931G3361G2246G1931G1909G5216G3950
27and do not give the devil an opportunity to work.G3383G1325G5117G1228
28The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.G2813G2813G2813G3371G1161G3123G2872G2038G5495G18G2443G2192G3330G5532G2192
29Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.G4550G3361G3956G4550G3056G1607G1537G5216G4750G235G1536G18G4314G5532G3619G2443G1325G5485G191
30Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, by whom you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.G2532G3076G3361G40G4151G2316G1722G3739G4972G1519G2250G629
31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.G142G3956G4088G2532G2372G2532G3709G2532G2906G2532G988G142G575G5216G4862G3956G2549
32And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.429G1161G1096G5543G1519G240G2155G5483G1438G2531G2532G2316G1722G5547G1722G5483G5213


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