Thematic Bible

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore which am in bonds for the Lord's sake, exhort you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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in all humbleness of mind, and meekness, and long suffering, forbearing one another through love,

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and that ye be diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace,

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being one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.

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Let there be but one Lord, one faith, one baptism:

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one God and father of all, which is above all, through all, and in you all.

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

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Wherefore he saith, "He is gone up on high, and hath led captivity captive, and hath given gifts unto men."

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That he ascended: what meaneth it, but that he also descended first into the lowest parts of the earth?

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He that descended, is even the same also that ascended up, even above all heavens, to fulfill all things.

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And the very same, made some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Shepherds, some Teachers:

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that the saints might have all things necessary to work and minister withal, to the edifying of the body of Christ,

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till we, everyone - in the unity of faith, and knowledge of the son of God - grow up unto a perfect man, after the measure of age which is of the fullness of Christ:

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That we henceforth be no more children, wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men and craftiness, whereby they lay a wait for us to deceive us.

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But let us follow the truth in love, and in all things grow in him which is the head, that is to say Christ,

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in whom all the body is coupled and knit together, in every joint, wherewith one ministereth to another - according to the operation as every part hath his measure - and increaseth the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.

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This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk; in vanity of their mind,

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blinded in their understanding, being strangers from the life which is in God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

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Which, being past repentance, have given themselves unto wantonness, to work all manner of uncleanness even with greediness.

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But ye have not so learned Christ;

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If so be ye have heard of him, and are taught in him, even as the truth is in Jesus:

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so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,

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and be ye renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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and put on that new man, which after the image of God is shapen in righteousness, and true holiness.

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Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

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Be angry, but sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

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neither give place unto the backbiter.

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Let him that stole, steal no more; but let him rather labour with his hands some good thing, that he may have to give unto him that needeth.

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Let no filthy communication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good to edify withal, when need is, that it may have favour with the hearers.

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And grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

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Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.

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Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.