1 Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:
2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,
3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;
4 one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, who
7 Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore it says,
9 Now “he ascended,” what is
10 The one who descended himself is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order that he might fill all
11 And he himself gave some
12 for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
13 until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,
14 so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.
15 But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him
16 from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.
17 This therefore I say and testify in the Lord,
18 being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance
19 who, becoming callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness, for the pursuit of all uncleanness in greediness.
20 But you did not learn Christ in this way,
21 if indeed you have heard
23 be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth.
25 Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor,
26 Be angry and do not sin;
27 nor give place to the devil.
28 The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands
30 and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.
32 But become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.