Ephesians 4:1-9
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I, a prisoner in the Lord, encourage you to live the kind of life which proves that God has called you.
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Be humble and gentle in every way. Be patient with each other and lovingly accept each other.
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Through the peace that ties you together, do your best to maintain the unity that the Spirit gives.
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There is one body and one Spirit. In the same way you were called to share one hope.
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There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
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one God and Father of all, who is over everything, through everything, and in everything.
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God's favor has been given to each of us. It was measured out to us by Christ who gave it.
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That's why the Scriptures say: "When he went to the highest place, he took captive those who had captured us and gave gifts to people."
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Now what does it mean that he went up except that he also had gone down to the lowest parts of the earth?
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