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<a href="../1_corinthians/1.htm#10">1 Corinthians 1:10-17</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received— <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>in the uniting bond of peace, the unity given by the Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>There is but one body and but one Spirit, as also when you were called you had one and the same hope held out to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and one God and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all, and dwells in all.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He who descended is the same as He who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the universe.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving—for the building up of Christ's body— <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Dependent on Him, the whole body—its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another— grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.</p> <p class="hdg">Living as Children of Light</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>with darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which God gives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But these are not the lessons which you have learned from Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught—and this is true Christian teaching— <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and do not leave room for the Devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you—and also every kind of malice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ephesians/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ephesians 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ephesians 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ephesians/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ephesians 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ephesians 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/ephesians/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>