¹I, the prisoner in the Lord, appeal to you therefore to walk worthy of the calling with which you have been called, ²with all humility and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love, ³making an effort to guard the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴There is one body and one spirit, even as you for your part have been called in one hope of your calling, ⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶one God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all. ⁷To each one of us, then, grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ⁸Therefore he says, ⁹Now the word “he ascended” – what does it mean but that he also first descended to the lowest parts of the earth? ¹⁰He who descended is himself also he who ascended far above all the heavens, in order to fill all things, ¹¹and he himself appointed some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers, ¹²for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ, ¹³until we all attain the unity of the faith and of acknowledgment of the son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ, ¹⁴in order no longer to be infants, tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of hand of men, by roguery intent on deceitful craftiness, ¹⁵but rather that we, proceeding with the truth in love, may grow up in respect of all things to him who is the head, Christ, ¹⁶from whom the whole body, being fitted together and joined up by every sustaining joint with invigoration appropriate to each individual part, brings about increase of the body to the edification of itself in love. ¹⁷This, therefore, I say and urge in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, ¹⁸darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance which is within them, and on account of the hardness of their hearts, ¹⁹who, being desensitized, have given themselves over to debauchery, intent on a pursuit of all uncleanness with greed. ²⁰But you have not learned Christ like that, ²¹if at any rate you have heard him and have been taught in accordance with him, as the truth is in Jesus, ²²that you should put away the old man of your former conduct, who is corrupt with his deceitful desires, ²³and that you should be renewed by the spirit of your mind, ²⁴and put on the new man, who is created in accordance with God in righteousness and true holiness. ²⁵Therefore, having put away the lie, speak the truth, each one with his neighbour, for we are members of one another. ²⁶Stand in awe and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷nor give the devil any room. ²⁸Let him who steals steal no more, but rather labour, working at what is good with his hands, in order that he may have something to share with him who is in need. ²⁹Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but rather some good word for edification of what is needful, in order that it may give grace to those hearing it, ³⁰and do not grieve the holy spirit of God, with which you have been sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹Let all bitterness and rage and anger and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, along with all malice, ³²but be kind to each other, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has for his part forgiven us in Christ.

Reference(s) in Chapter 4: v.8 ↔ Psalm 68:19^MT (Psalm 68:18^AV) ● v.25 ↔ Zechariah 8:16 ● v.26 ↔ Psalm 4:5^MT (Psalm 4:4^AV).