Ephesians 4, 1-28.

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you

have received.

Be completely humble and gentle.

Be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Take every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

There is one body and one spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were

called, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is overall and

through all and in all.

But in each one of us, grace has been given as Christ a portioned it.

This is why it says, when he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to

his people.

What does he ascended mean, except that he also descended to the lower earthly regions?

He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens in order to fill

the whole universe.

So Christ gave himself the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,

to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until

we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature,

retaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Then we will no longer be infants tossed back and forth by the waves and blown here and

there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their

deceitful scheming.

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