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4I therefore, athe prisoner ||of the Lord, bbeseech you that ye cwalk worthy of the dvocation wherewith ye are called, 2efWith all lowliness and fmeekness, fgwith longsuffering, hforbearing one another in love; 3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in ithe bond of peace. 4There is kone body, and lone Spirit, even as mye are called in one nhope of your calling; 5oOne Lord, pone faith, one baptism, 6qOne God and Father of all, who is rabove all, and sthrough all, and in you all. 7But tunto every one of us uis given grace waccording to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8Wherefore he saith, xWhen he ascended up on high, yhe led ||captivity captive, and zgave gifts unto men. 9a(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into bthe lower parts of the earth? 10He that descended is the same also that cascended up dfar above all heavens, ethat he might ||ffill all things.) 11And he gave some, gapostles; and some, ghprophets; and some, ievangelists; and some, kpastors and lteachers; 12For the mperfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for nthe edifying of othe body of Christ: 13Till we all come ||in the unity of the faith, and of pthe knowledge of the Son of God, unto qa perfect man, unto the measure of the ||stature of rthe fulness of Christ: 14That we henceforth be no more schildren, ttossed to and fro, and ucarried about twith every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and wcunning craftiness, whereby they xlie in wait to deceive; 15But ||speaking ythe truth in love, may zgrow up into him in all things, awhich is bthe head, even Christ: 16bFrom whom the whole body zfitly joined together and bcompacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that cye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, din the vanity of their mind, 18eHaving the understanding darkened, fbeing alienated from the life of God through gthe ignorance that is in them, because of the ||dblindness of their heart: 19Who ggbeing past feeling hhave given themselves over unto ilasciviousness, to work all iuncleanness with greediness. 20But ye have not so learned Christ; 21If so be that jye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22That ye kput off lconcerning the former mconversation nthe old man, owhich is corrupt according to oothe deceitful lusts; 23And pbe renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24And that ye put on qthe new man, which rafter God sis created in trighteousness and ||true tholiness.

25Wherefore kputting away lying, uspeak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are wmembers one of another. 26xBe ye angry, and sin not: ylet not zthe sun go down upon your wrath: 27Neither agive place to the devil. 28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather blet him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, cthat he may have ||to give dto him that needeth. 29eLet no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good ||fto the use of edifying, that it may minister ggrace unto the hearers. 30And higrieve not hkthe holy Spirit of God, lwhereby ye are sealed unto the day of mredemption. 31Let all nbitterness, and owrath, and oanger, and clamour, and opevil speaking, be put away from you, with all oqmalice: 32And be ye rkind one to another, stenderhearted, rtforgiving one another, reven as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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Footnotes

  1. aSee ch. 3:1.
  2. ||Or, in the Lord. Gk. as ver. 17.
  3. bSee Rom. 12:1.
  4. cCol. 1:10. 1 Thess. 2:12. So Phil. 1:27.
  5. dSee 1 Cor. 1:26.
  6. eActs 20:19. Phil. 2:3. Col. 2:18, 23. 1 Pet. 5:5 in the Gk.
  7. gCol. 1:11. So 1 Cor. 13:4.
  8. hCol. 3:13. See Matt. 17:17.
  9. kch. 2:16. Col. 3:15. See 1 Cor. 10:17.
  10. lSee ch. 2:18
  11. mSee Rom. 8:30.
  12. nSee ch. 1:18.
  13. oSo 1 Cor. 1:13. & 12:5, 6. 2 Cor. 11:4.
  14. pSo ver. 13. Jude 3.
  15. qSee Ps. 86:10. & 1 Cor. 8:6.
  16. rRom. 9:5 (Gk.).
  17. sSo Rom. 11:36.
  18. tComp. Matt. 25:15.
  19. uSee ch. 3:2.
  20. wSee Rom. 12:3.
  21. xCited from Ps. 68:18.
  22. yJudg. 5:12. Comp. Col. 2:15.
  23. ||Or, a multitude of captives.
  24. zSee John 14:26.
  25. aSee John 3:13.
  26. bSee Ps. 63:9. & 1 Pet. 3:19.
  27. cSee Luke 24:51. So 1 Tim. 3:16.
  28. dHeb. 7:26. See Heb. 4:14.
  29. eComp. Acts 2:33.
  30. ||Or, fulfil. As Col. 4:17.
  31. fch. 1:23.
  32. gSee ch. 2:20.
  33. gSee ch. 2:20.
  34. hSee Acts 11:27.
  35. kSee Acts 20:28.
  36. lSee Acts 13:1.
  37. mSee 2 Cor. 13:9.
  38. nSo ch. 2:20. See 1 Cor. 14:26.
  39. oSee ch. 1:23.
  40. ||Or, into the unity. So ver. 5.
  41. pSo Col. 2:2.
  42. qCol. 1:28? See 1 Cor. 14:20 marg.
  43. ||Or, age. See Luke 2:52.
  44. rSee ch. 1:23.
  45. sSo 1 Cor. 14:20. See 1 Cor. 3:1.
  46. tSo James 1:6. Comp. Matt. 11:7. 2 Pet. 3:17.
  47. tSo James 1:6. Comp. Matt. 11:7. 2 Pet. 3:17.
  48. wSee Luke 20:23.
  49. xch. 6:11 (Gk.).
  50. ||Or, being sincere. Gk. as Gal. 4:16.
  51. ySee 1 John 3:18. So ver. 25.
  52. zch. 2:21 (Gk.). See 2 Pet. 3:18.
  53. aSee ch. 1:22.
  54. bCol. 2:19. Comp. John 15:5.
  55. bCol. 2:19. Comp. John 15:5.
  56. zch. 2:21 (Gk.). See 2 Pet. 3:18.
  57. bCol. 2:19. Comp. John 15:5.
  58. cch. 2:2. Col. 3:7. So Rom. 6:19, 20. & 7:5. ver. 22. 1 Pet. 4:3.
  59. dSo Rom. 1:21.
  60. eSo Job 37:19. Acts 26:18.
  61. fSee ch. 2:12. So 1 Thess. 4:5.
  62. ||Or, hardness. See Mark 3:5.
  63. dSo Rom. 1:21.
  64. ggSo 1 Tim. 4:2. Comp. Prov. 23:35.
  65. hSo Rom. 1:24, 26.
  66. iSee Gal. 5:19.
  67. iSee Gal. 5:19.
  68. jch. 1:13.
  69. kCol. 3:8. So ver. 25. Heb. 12:1. James 1:21. 1 Pet. 2:1 in the Gk. So Col. 2:11. & 3:9.
  70. lSee ver. 17.
  71. mSee Gal. 1:13.
  72. oSo Rom. 8:13.
  73. ooSo Heb. 3:13.
  74. pSo Col. 3:10. See Rom. 12:2.
  75. qSee ch. 2:15. So ch. 6:11. Col. 3:10.
  76. rSee 2 Cor. 7:9 marg.
  77. sSee ch. 2:10.
  78. tSee Luke 1:75.
  79. ||Or, holiness of truth.
  80. tSee Luke 1:75.
  81. kCol. 3:8. So ver. 25. Heb. 12:1. James 1:21. 1 Pet. 2:1 in the Gk. So Col. 2:11. & 3:9.
  82. uZech. 8:16. So ver. 15. Col. 3:9.
  83. xCited from Ps. 4:4 (Gk.).
  84. ySo Ps. 37:8.
  85. aEcclus. 4:5 (Gk.). So James 4:7. 1 Pet. 5:9.
  86. bActs 20:35. So 1 Thess. 4:11. 2 Thess. 3:8, 11, 12.
  87. cProv. 21:26. See Rom. 12:13. Comp. Tit. 3:14.
  88. ||Or, to distribute. See Rom. 12:8 marg.
  89. eComp. Matt. 12:34–37. So ch. 5:4. Col. 3:8.
  90. ||Or, to edify profitably. See rather Phil. 4:16.
  91. fSee 1 Thess. 5:11.
  92. hIsai. 63:10. Comp. Heb. 10:29.
  93. iEzek. 16:43 (Gk.). So Ps. 78:40. Isai. 7:13. See Gen 6:6.
  94. hIsai. 63:10. Comp. Heb. 10:29.
  95. lSo ch. 1:13. See John 6:27.
  96. mSee ch. 1:14.
  97. nSo Col. 3:19.
  98. oCol. 3:8 (Gk.).
  99. oCol. 3:8 (Gk.).
  100. oCol. 3:8 (Gk.).
  101. pMatt. 15:19. Mark 7:22. 1 Tim. 6:4 in the Gk. So Tit. 3:2. Comp. James 4:11. 1 Pet. 2:1.
  102. oCol. 3:8 (Gk.).
  103. qSee Rom. 1:29.
  104. s1 Pet. 3:8 (Gk.).
  105. tSee Matt. 6:14. Comp. 2 Cor. 2:10.

Cross references

  1. fGal. 5:22, 23. Col. 3:12.
  2. fGal. 5:22, 23. Col. 3:12.
  3. fGal. 5:22, 23. Col. 3:12.
  4. iCol. 3:14.
  5. iActs 21:8. 2 Tim. 4:5.
  6. uHeb. 13:9. Jude 12.
  7. gActs 17:30. 1 Pet. 1:14.
  8. nRom. 6:6. Col. 3:9.
  9. wRom. 12:5.
  10. zDeut. 24:15.
  11. dLuke 3:11.
  12. gEccles. 10:12. Ecclus. 21:16. Col. 3:16? & 4:6.
  13. kPs. 51:11. 1 Thess. 5:19.
  14. rCol. 3:12, 13.
  15. rCol. 3:12, 13.
  16. rCol. 3:12, 13.