1 I therefore, the prisoner in [the] Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,

2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 [There is] one body and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling,

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 one God and Father of all, who [is] above all and through all and in you all.

7 But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 Therefore He says, When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive and gave gifts to men.

9 (Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He who descended is the same also as He who ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.)

11 And truly He gave some [to be] apostles, and some [to be] prophets, and some [to be] evangelists, and some [to be] pastors and teachers,

12 for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.