Ephesians 4

¹I therefore prisoner in our Lord, beseech you, that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called,

²with all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity,

³careful to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.

⁴One body & one spirit: as you are called in one hope of your vocation.

⁵One Lord, one faith, one baptism.

⁶One God and Father of all, which is over all, and by all, & in all us.

⁷But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the donation of Christ.

⁸For the which he saith: Ascending on high he led captivity captive: he gave gifts to men.

⁹(And that he ascended, what is it, but because he descended also first into the inferior parts of the earth?

¹⁰He that descended, the same is also he that is ascended above all the Heavens, that he might fill all things.)

¹¹And he gave, some Apostles, & some Prophets, & other-some Evangelists, & other-some Pastors & Doctors,

¹²to the consummation of the saints, unto the work of the ministry, unto the edifying of the body of Christ:

¹³until we meet all into the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God into a perfect man, into the measure of the age of the fullness of Christ:

¹⁴that now we be not children wavering, and carried about with every wind of doctrine in the wickedness of men, in craftiness to the circumvention of error.

¹⁵But doing the truth in charity, let us in all things grow in him, which is the Head, Christ:

¹⁶of whom the whole body being compact and knit together by all juncture of subministration, according to the operation in the measure of every member, maketh the increase of the body unto the edifying of it-self in charity.

¹⁷This therefore I say and testify in our Lord: that now you walk not as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity of their sense,

¹⁸having their understanding obscured with darkness, alienated from the life of God by the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart,

¹⁹who despairing, have given up themselves to impudicity, unto the operation of all uncleanness, unto avarice.

²⁰But you have not so learned Christ:

²¹if yet you have heard him, & have been taught in him, (as the truth is in Jesus.)

²²Lay you away, according to the old conversation the old man, which is corrupted according to the desires of error.

²³And be renewed in the spirit of your mind:

²⁴and put on the new man which according to God is created in justice, and holiness of the truth.

²⁵For the which cause laying away lying, speak ye truth every one with is neighbour, because we are members one of another.

²⁶Be angry and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

²⁷Give not place to the devil.

²⁸He that stole, let him now not steal: but rather let him labour in working with his hands that which is good, that he may have whence to give unto him that suffereth necessity.

²⁹All naughty speech let it not proceed out of your mouth: but if there be any good to the edifying of the faith, that it may give grace to the hearers.

³⁰And contristate not the holy Spirit of God: in which you are signed unto the day of redemption.

³¹Let all bitterness, and anger, and indignation, and clamour, and blasphemy be taken away from you with all malice.

³²And be gentle one to another, merciful, pardoning one another, as also God in Christ hath pardoned you.