1 Therefore I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you⁺ to walk worthily of the calling to which you⁺ were called, VP
2 with all humility and gentleness; with patience, bearing with one another in love; VP
3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace; VP
4 one body and one Spirit, just as also you⁺ were called in one hope of your⁺ calling; VP
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; VP
6 one God and Father of all, who [is] over all and through all and in all. VP
7 Now to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. VP
8 Therefore it says: “Having ascended on high, He led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men.” VP
9 Now what is the [saying] “He ascended,” except that He also descended into the lower regions of the earth? VP
10 The [One] having descended is also the same [One] having ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things. VP
11 And He gave some indeed [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] evangelists, and some [as] shepherds and teachers, VP
12 toward the perfecting of the saints for [the] work of ministry, for [the] building up of the body of Christ, VP
13 until we all may come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a complete man, to [the] measure of [the] stature of the fullness of Christ, VP
14 so that no longer may we be infants, being tossed by waves and being carried around by every wind of teaching in the cunning of men in craftiness to the scheming of deceit. VP
15 But speaking the truth in love, we should grow in all things into Him who is the head, Christ, VP
16 from whom all the body, being fit together and being knit together by every joint of [its] supply, according to [the] working in [the] measure of each single part, the increase of the body makes for [the] building up of itself in love. VP
17 This therefore I say and testify in [the] Lord: You⁺ [are] no longer to walk as also the Gentiles walk, in [the] futility of their mind, VP
18 being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance being in them on account of the hardness of their heart, VP
19 who, having ceased to feel, gave themselves up to sensuality for [the] working of all impurity with covetousness. VP
20 But you⁺ did not learn Christ this way, VP
21 if indeed you⁺ heard Him and were taught in Him, just as [the] truth is in Jesus, VP
22 you⁺ are to put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is being corrupted according to the desires of deceit, VP
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your⁺ mind, VP
24 and to have put on the new man, having been created according to God in righteousness and holiness of truth. VP
25 Therefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth, each one with his neighbor, because we are members of one another. VP
26 “Be angry, and do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your⁺ anger, VP
27 neither give place to the devil. VP
28 The [one] stealing, let him steal no longer, but rather let him toil, working with [his] own hands what [is] good, so that he may have [something] to impart to the [one] having need. VP
29 Do not let any rotten word go forth out of your⁺ mouth, but if any [is] good for edification of the need, so that it may give grace to those hearing. VP
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you⁺ were sealed for [the] day of redemption. VP
31 Let all bitterness and rage and wrath and outcry and slander be removed from you⁺, with all malice. VP
32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as also God in Christ forgave you⁺. VP