Oct. 13
Ephesians 4
Eph 4:1 I therefore,
the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling
with which you were called,
Eph 4:2 with all
lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in
love;
Eph 4:3 being eager to
keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Eph 4:4 There is one
body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of
your calling;
Eph 4:5 one Lord, one
faith, one baptism,
Eph 4:6 one God and
Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
Eph 4:7 But to each one
of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of
Christ.
Eph 4:8 Therefore he
says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and
gave gifts to men."
Eph 4:9 Now this, "He
ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the
lower parts of the earth?
Eph 4:10 He who
descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things.
Eph 4:11 He gave some
to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
shepherds and teachers;
Eph 4:12 for the
perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up
of the body of Christ;
Eph 4:13 until we all
attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ;
Eph 4:14 that we may no
longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with
every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after
the wiles of error;
Eph 4:15 but speaking
truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the
head, Christ;
Eph 4:16 from whom all
the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every
joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each
individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself
in love.
Eph 4:17 This I say
therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the
rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
Eph 4:18 being darkened
in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of
the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their
hearts;
Eph 4:19 who having
become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness
with greediness.
Eph 4:20 But you did
not learn Christ that way;
Eph 4:21 if indeed you
heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
Eph 4:22 that you put
away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows
corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
Eph 4:23 and that you
be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
Eph 4:24 and put on the
new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness
and holiness of truth.
Eph 4:25 Therefore,
putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For
we are members of one another.
Eph 4:26 "Be
angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,
Eph 4:27 neither give
place to the devil.
Eph 4:28 Let him who
stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands
the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who
has need.
Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt
speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up
as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Eph 4:30 Don't grieve
the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption.
Eph 4:31 Let all
bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you,
with all malice.
Eph 4:32 And be kind to
one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in
Christ forgave you.