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1 I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called:
1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
2 With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity.
2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
3 Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
3 making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 One body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling,
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
7 But to every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the giving of Christ.
7 But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ's gift.
8 Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive: he gave gifts to men.
8 Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people."
9 Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
9 (When it says, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended above all the heavens: that he might fill all things.
10 He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:
11 The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the word of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
13 Until we all meet into the unity of faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ:
13 until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.
14 That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive.
14 We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.
15 But doing the truth in charity, we may in all things grow up in him who is the head, even Christ:
15 But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
16 From whom the whole body, being compacted and fitly joined together, by what every joint supplieth, according to the operation in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in charity.
16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love.
17 This then I say and testify in the Lord: That henceforward you walk not as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind:
17 Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds.
18 Having their understanding darkened: being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts.
18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.
19 Who despairing have given themselves up to lasciviousness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto covetousness.
19 They have lost all sensitivity and have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
20 But you have not so learned Christ:
20 That is not the way you learned Christ!
21 If so be that you have heard him and have been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus:
21 For surely you have heard about him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus.
22 To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error.
22 You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,
23 And be renewed in spirit of your mind:
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
24 And put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth.
24 and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour. For we are members one of another.
25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.
26 Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27 Give not place to the devil.
27 and do not make room for the devil.
28 He that stole, let him now steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.
28 Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.
29 Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth: but that which is good, to the edification of faith: that it may administer grace to the hearers.
29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice.
31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice,
32 And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
32 and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
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