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Be patient with each other and lovingly accept each other. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Through the peace that ties you together, do your best to maintain the unity that the Spirit gives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>There is one body and one Spirit. In the same way you were called to share one hope. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>one God and Father of all, who is over everything, through everything, and in everything.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>God's favor has been given to each of us. It was measured out to us by Christ who gave it. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now what does it mean that he went up except that he also had gone down to the lowest parts of the earth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The one who had gone down also went up above all the heavens so that he fills everything. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He also gave apostles, prophets, missionaries, as well as pastors and teachers as gifts [to his church]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Their purpose is to prepare God's people to serve and to build up the body of Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about God's Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then we will no longer be little children, tossed and carried about by all kinds of teachings that change like the wind. We will no longer be influenced by people who use cunning and clever strategies to lead us astray. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Instead, as we lovingly speak the truth, we will grow up completely in our relationship to Christ, who is the head. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, he makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So I tell you and encourage you in the Lord's name not to live any longer like other people in the world. Their minds are set on worthless things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They can't understand because they are in the dark. They are excluded from the life that God approves of because of their ignorance and stubbornness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Since they no longer have any sense of shame, they have become promiscuous. They practice every kind of sexual perversion with a constant desire for more. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But that is not what you learned from Christ's teachings. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You have certainly heard his message and have been taught his ways. The truth is in Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You were taught to change the way you were living. The person you used to be will ruin you through desires that deceive you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>However, you were taught to have a new attitude. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You were also taught to become a new person created to be like God, truly righteous and holy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, because we are all members of the same body. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Be angry without sinning. Don't go to bed angry. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Don't give the devil any opportunity [to work]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Thieves must quit stealing and, instead, they must work hard. They should do something good with their hands so that they'll have something to share with those in need. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Don't say anything that would hurt [another person]. Instead, speak only what is good so that you can give help wherever it is needed. That way, what you say will help those who hear you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Don't give God's Holy Spirit any reason to be upset with you. He has put his seal on you for the day you will be set free [from the world of sin]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Get rid of your bitterness, hot tempers, anger, loud quarreling, cursing, and hatred. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Be kind to each other, sympathetic, forgiving each other as God has forgiven you through Christ.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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