1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you{} to walk worthily of the calling with which you{} were called,

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

3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as also you{} were called in one hope of your{} calling;

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

7 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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

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

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

11 And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 for the preparing of the saints, to the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ: