1 I therefore, the prisoner in Lord, call on you to walk worthily of the calling in which ye were called,
2 with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.
3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,
4 one body, and one Spirit. Just as also ye were called in one hope of your calling,
5 one Lord, one faith, one immersion,
6 one God and Father of all. He is over all, and through all, and in us all.
7 But the grace was given to each of us, according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
8 Therefore he says, Having ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
9 And what is the ascended, except that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He who descended is also the same man who ascended high above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.
11 And indeed he gave the apostles, and the prophets, and the evangelists, and the shepherds and teachers
12 for the perfecting of the sanctified, for the work of ministry, for edification of the body of the Christ.
13 Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a standard of stature of the fullness of the Christ.
14 So that we may no longer be childish, tossed about and carried about by every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men in craftiness with the methodology of error.
15 But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head--the Christ--
16 from whom the whole body, joined together and united together through every connection of the supply, according to the working of each one part within a standard, makes the growth of the body for the construction of itself by love.
17 This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart.
19 Who, having become callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness for the work of all uncleanness in greed.
20 But ye did not so learn the Christ,
21 if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus,
22 for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and to put on the new man according to God, the man who was created in righteousness and piety of the truth.
25 Therefore having put off falsehood, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of each other.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
27 neither give place to the devil.
28 Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.
29 Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye are sealed for a day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.
32 And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
1 I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called
2 in all humblenes of mynde and meknes and longe sufferynge forbearinge one another thorowe love
3 and that ye be dyliget to kepe ye vnitie of ye sprete in the bonde of peace
4 beynge one body and one sprete eve as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge.
5 Let ther be but one lorde one fayth one baptim:
6 one god and father of all which is above all thorow all and in you all.
7 Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the measure of ye gyft of christ.
8 Wherfore he sayth: He is gone vp an hye and hath ledde captivitie captive and hath geven gyftes vnto men.
9 That he ascended: what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth?
10 He that descended is even the same also that ascended vp even above all hevens to fulfill all thinges.
11 And the very same made some Apostles some prophetes some Evangelistes some Sheperdes some Teachers:
12 yt the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ
13 tyll we every one (in the vnitie of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of god) growe vp vnto a parfayte man after ye measure of age of the fulnes of Christ.
14 That we hence forth be no moare chyldren wauerynge and caryed with every wynde of doctryne by the wylynes of men and craftynes wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceave vs.
15 But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thynges growe in him which is the heed that ys to saye Christ
16 in whom all the body ys coupled and knet togedder in every ioynt wherwith one ministreth to another (accordinge to the operacion as every parte hath his measure) and increaseth the body vnto the edyfyinge of it silfe in love.
17 This I saye therfore and testifie in ye lorde that ye hence forth walke not as other gentyls walke in vanitie of their mynde
18 blynded in their vnderstondynge beynge straungers from the lyfe which is in god thorow the ignorancy that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hertes:
19 which beynge past repentaunce have geven them selves vnto wantannes to worke all manner of vnclennes even with gredynes.
20 But ye have not so learned Christ
21 if so be ye have hearde of him and are taught in him even as the trueth is in Iesu.
22 So then as concernynge the coversacion in tyme past laye from you that olde ma which is corrupte thorow the deceavable lustes
23 and be ye renued in the sprete of youre myndes
24 and put on that newe man which after the ymage of God is shapen in ryghtewesnes and true holynes.
25 Wherfore put awaye lyinge and speake every man truth vnto his neghbour for as moche as we are members one of another.
26 Be angrye but synne not let not the sonne go doune apon your wrathe
27 nether geue place vnto ye backbyter.
28 Let him yt stole steale no moare but let him rather laboure with his hondes some good thinge that he maye have to geve vnto him that nedeth.
29 Let no filthy comunicacion procede out of youre mouthes: but yt whych is good to edefye with all when nede ys: that it maye have faveour with the hearers.
30 And greve not the holy sprete of God by whome ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcion.
31 Let all bitternes fearsnes and wrath rorynge and cursyd speakynge be put awaye from you with all maliciousnes.
32 Be ye courteouse one to another and mercifull forgevynge one another eve as god for Christes sake forgave you.