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Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE THE CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO PEOPLE."

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

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

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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

He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers,

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ;

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

until 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 fullness of Christ.

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

As 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 people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ,

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what 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.

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds,

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

being 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;

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

But you did not learn Christ in this way,

But ye have not so learned Christ;

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

If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts of one another.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

and do not give the devil an opportunity.

Neither give place to the devil.

The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather he must labor, producing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

All bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.