1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you{+} to walk worthily of the calling with which you{+} were called, 2with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; 3being 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; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all. 7But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8Therefore 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? 10He who descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12for the preparing of the saints, to the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ: 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: 14that we may no longer be juveniles, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; 15but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ; 16from whom all the body being joined and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in [due] measure of each individual part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love. 17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you{+} no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; 19who, feeling no more pain, delivered themselves up to sexual immorality, to work all impurity with greed. 20But you{+} did not so learn Christ; 21if indeed you{+} heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: 22that you{+} put away, as concerning your{+} former manner of life, the old man, that waxes corrupt after the desires of deceit; 23and that you{+} are renewed in the spirit of your{+} mind, 24and put on the new man, that after God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. 25Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak{+} truth each one with his fellow man: for we are members one of another. 26Be{+} angry, and don't sin: don't let the sun go down on your{+} wrath: 27neither give place to the devil. 28Let him who stole steal no more: and even better, let him labor, working with his own hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need. 29Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your{+} mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you{+} were sealed to the day of redemption. 31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you{+}, with all malice: 32and be{+} kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you{+}.