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Unity of the Spirit

¹ Therefore I, ^(C1)the prisoner of the Lord, ^(C2)urge you to ^(C3)walk in a manner worthy of the ^(C4)calling with which you have been ^(C5)called,² with all ^(C1)humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another ^(C2)in love,³ being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the ^(C1)bond of peace.⁴ There is ^(C1)one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one ^(C2)hope of your calling;^5 (C1)one Lord, one faith, one baptism,⁶ one God and Father of all ^(C1)who is over all and through all and in all.

⁷ But ^(C1)to each one of us ^(C2)grace was given ^(C3)according to the measure of Christ's gift.⁸ Therefore ^(F1)it says,

"^(C1)WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,
HE ^(C2)LED CAPTIVE THE CAPTIVES,
AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO PEOPLE."

The Christian's Walk

^17 (C1)So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, ^(C2)that you are to no longer walk just as the ^(F1)Gentiles also walk, in the ^(C3)futility of their minds,¹⁸ being ^(C1)darkened in their understanding, ^(F1)(C2)excluded from the life of God because of the ^(C3)ignorance that is in them, because of the ^(C4)hardness of their heart;¹⁹ and they, having ^(C1)become callous, ^(C2)have given themselves up to ^(C3)indecent behavior ^(F1)for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.²⁰ But you did not ^(C1)learn Christ in this way,²¹ if indeed you ^(C1)have heard Him and have ^(C2)been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,²² that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to ^(C1)rid yourselves of the ^(C2)old ^(F1)self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^(C3)lusts of deceit,²³ and that you are to be ^(C1)renewed in the spirit of your minds,²⁴ and to ^(C1)put on the ^(C2)new ^(F1)self, which ^(F2)(C3)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

²⁵ Therefore, ^(C1)ridding yourselves of falsehood, ^(C2)SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are ^(C3)parts of one another.^26 (C1)BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,²⁷ and do not ^(C1)give the devil ^(F1)an opportunity.²⁸ The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather ^(C1)he must labor, ^(C2)producing with his own hands what is good, ^(C3)so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.²⁹ Let no ^(F1)(C1)unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for ^(C2)edification ^(F2)according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.^30 (C1)Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^(F1)by whom you were ^(C2)sealed for the day of redemption.^31 (C1)All bitterness, wrath, anger, ^(F1)clamor, and slander must be ^(C2)removed from you, along with all ^(C3)malice.^32 (C1)Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, ^(C2)just as God in Christ also has forgiven ^(F1)you.