I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, Col 1:10Php 1:271Th 2:121Th 4:1-22Pe 1:31Co 4:162Ti 1:92Th 1:11 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love, Col 3:12-131Co 13:71Co 13:4-5Mat 11:29Rom 15:1Gal 5:22-231Ti 6:11Mat 5:3-5 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 1Co 1:10Col 3:13-151Co 12:12-13Jhn 13:34Rom 14:17-19Heb 12:142Co 13:11Jhn 17:21-23 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling, Eph 2:18Rom 12:4-51Co 12:4-131Co 12:20Eph 1:18Eph 4:1Col 1:5Heb 6:18-19 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 1Co 8:61Co 12:131Pe 3:21Rom 3:30Gal 3:26-28Mat 28:191Co 1:13Jud 1:3 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all. Rom 11:361Co 8:6Mal 2:10Gal 3:26-281Jn 3:24Gal 4:3-7Jhn 20:17Rev 4:8-11 But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 1Pe 4:10Rom 12:31Co 12:7-11Eph 3:2Rom 12:6-81Co 12:28-30Jhn 3:34Eph 3:8 Therefore he says, Psa 68:18Col 2:151Sa 30:26Est 2:18Jdg 5:12
“When he ascended on high,
he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts to people.” 1
Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? Jhn 3:13Mat 12:40Pro 30:4Jhn 6:33Psa 63:9Exo 19:20Gen 11:5Heb 2:9 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. Heb 7:26Heb 4:14Eph 1:20-23Col 2:9Heb 9:23-241Ti 3:16Col 1:19Mat 24:34
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds 2 and teachers; Jer 3:151Co 12:28-29Eph 2:202Ti 4:5Act 20:28Mat 28:20Rom 10:14-15Eph 4:8 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ, 1Th 5:11-14Eph 4:161Co 12:27Rom 15:141Co 14:4-5Rom 14:191Co 14:261Co 14:12 until 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, Col 1:28Jhn 17:21Eph 4:3Eph 4:51Co 14:202Pe 3:18Heb 5:14Jer 32:38-39 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; Heb 13:9Rom 16:17-181Co 14:201Jn 4:1Heb 5:12-14Jas 1:62Co 2:17Eph 6:11 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ, 1Jn 3:18Eph 4:25Zec 8:161Pe 1:222Pe 3:181Pe 2:2Eph 1:22Rom 12:9 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love. Col 2:19Jhn 15:5Col 2:21Co 13:13Eph 4:15Eph 4:121Th 2:131Ti 1:5
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, Rom 1:211Pe 4:3-41Th 4:1-2Col 3:5-8Eph 2:1-32Pe 2:18Col 2:41Pe 1:18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts. Mat 13:15Eph 2:12Rom 1:21-23Jhn 12:401Th 4:52Co 4:4Jas 4:4Col 1:21 They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Col 3:5Rom 1:24-261Ti 4:2Jud 1:111Pe 4:32Pe 2:12-14Rev 18:32Pe 2:22 But you didn’t learn Christ that way, Tit 2:11-14Jhn 6:45Mat 11:291Jn 2:272Co 5:14-15Luk 24:47Rom 6:1-2 if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: 1Jn 5:20Eph 1:13Heb 3:7-81Jn 5:10-12Jhn 14:17Col 2:7Jhn 10:272Co 1:20 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit, Rom 6:6Heb 12:1Jas 1:211Pe 2:1-2Heb 3:13Col 3:7-9Tit 3:3Eph 4:25 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, Rom 12:2Rom 8:6Psa 51:10Col 3:101Pe 1:13Ezk 36:26Tit 3:5Eph 2:10 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. Col 3:10-142Co 5:17Eph 2:10Rom 13:14Eph 6:11Rom 6:42Co 3:182Co 4:16
Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Col 3:9Zec 8:16Pro 12:22Rom 12:5Eph 4:15Pro 12:17Pro 8:7Pro 12:19 “Be angry, and don’t sin.” 3 Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, Jas 1:19Psa 4:4Psa 37:8Eph 4:31-32Ecc 7:9Pro 14:29Pro 19:11Rom 12:19-21 and don’t give place 4 to the devil. Jas 4:71Pe 5:8Eph 6:16Eph 6:112Co 2:10-11Act 5:3 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need. 1Ti 6:181Th 4:11-12Gal 6:10Exo 20:152Th 3:11-122Th 3:6-8Luk 21:1-4Zec 5:3 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. Col 4:61Th 5:11Ecc 10:12Pro 15:7Col 3:8-9Mat 12:34-37Pro 25:11-12Psa 37:30-31 Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 1Th 5:19Isa 63:10Eph 1:13-14Act 7:51Gen 6:6Rom 8:23Rom 8:11Isa 43:24 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice. Col 3:8Ecc 7:9Tit 3:2-31Pe 2:1Jas 1:19Col 3:19Jas 3:14Eph 4:26 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. Col 3:12-13Mat 6:14-15Mrk 11:251Pe 3:8-92Co 2:10Eph 5:1Luk 6:37Luk 6:35