1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with 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, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;5 one Lord, one faith, one immersion;6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christs gift.8 Therefore He says: When He ascended on high, He led captive the captives, and gave gifts to men.9 (Now this, He ascended; what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the full true knowledge of the Son of God, to a complete man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head, Christ,16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every individual does its part, causes growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the emptiness of their mind,18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to licentiousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.20 But you have not so learned Christ,21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which is corrupted according to the deceitful lusts,23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.25 Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.26 Be angry, but do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,27 nor give place to the devil.28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for the business of building up, that it may impart grace to the hearers.30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all wickedness.32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
1 Therfor Y boundun for the Lord biseche you, that ye walke worthili in the clepyng,2 in which ye ben clepid, with al mekenesse and myldenesse, with pacience supportinge ech other in charite,3 bisi to kepe vnyte of spirit in the boond of pees.4 O bodi and o spirit, as ye ben clepid in oon hope of youre cleping;5 o Lord,6 o feith, o baptym, o God and fadir of alle, which is aboue alle men, and bi alle thingis, and in vs alle.7 But to ech of vs grace is youun bi the mesure of the yyuyng of Crist;8 for which thing he seith, He stiynge an hiy, ledde caitifte caitif, he yaf yiftis to men.9 But what is it, that he stiede vp, no but that also he cam doun first in to the lowere partis of the erthe?10 He it is that cam doun, and that stiede on alle heuenes, that he schulde fille alle thingis.11 And he yaf summe apostlis, summe prophetis, othere euangelistis, othere scheepherdis and techeris,12 to the ful endyng of seyntis, in to the werk of mynystrie, in to edificacioun of Cristis bodi,13 til we rennen alle, in to vnyte of feith and of knowyng of Goddis sone, in to a parfit man, aftir the mesure of age of the plente of Crist;14 that we be not now litle children, mouynge as wawis, and be not borun aboute with ech wynd of teching, in the weiwardnesse of men, in sutil wit, to the disseyuyng of errour.15 But do we treuthe in charite, and wexe in him by alle thingis, that is Crist oure heed;16 of whom alle the bodi set togidere, and boundun togidere bi ech ioynture of vnder seruyng, bi worching in to the mesure of ech membre, makith encreesyng of the bodi, in to edificacioun of it silf in charite.17 Therfor Y seie and witnesse this thing in the Lord, that ye walke not now, as hethene men walken, in the vanyte of her wit;18 that han vndurstondyng derkned with derknessis, and ben alienyd fro the lijf of God, bi ignoraunce that is in hem, for the blyndenesse of her herte.19 Which dispeirynge bitoken hem silf to vnchastite, in to the worchyng of al vnclennesse in coueitise.20 But ye han not so lerud Crist, if netheles ye herden hym,21 and ben tauyt in hym, as is treuthe in Jhesu.22 Do ye awey bi the elde lyuyng the elde man, that is corrupt bi the desiris of errour;23 and be ye renewlid in the spirit of youre soule;24 and clothe ye the newe man, which is maad aftir God in riytwisnesse and hoolynesse of treuthe.25 For which thing `ye putte awei leesyng, and speke ye treuthe ech man with his neiybore, for we ben membris ech to othere.26 Be ye wrooth, and nyle ye do synne; the sunne falle not doun on youre wraththe.27 Nyle ye yyue stide to the deuel.28 He that stal, now stele he not; but more trauele he in worchinge with hise hondis that that is good, that he haue whereof he schal yyue to nedi.29 Ech yuel word go not of youre mouth; but if ony is good to the edificacioun of feith, that it yyue grace to men that heren.30 And nyle ye make the Hooli Goost of God sori, in which ye ben markid in the dai of redempcioun.31 Al bitternesse, and wraththe, and indignacioun, and cry, and blasfemye be takun awey fro you, with al malice;32 and be ye togidere benygne, merciful, foryyuynge togidere, as also God foryaf to you in Crist.