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Corinthians 10:31 (ESV) 31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God. Ephesians 4:1-16 (ESV) 1 I therefore, a prisoner
for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you
have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing
with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to
the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But
grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and
he gave gifts to men.” 9 ( In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but
that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who
descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he
might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the
evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work
of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to
the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature
manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that
we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried
about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful
schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every
way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body,
joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each
part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in
love. Ephesians 4:17-32 (ESV) 17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that
you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God
because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19
They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy
to practice every kind of impurity. 20 But that is not the way you learned
Christ!— 21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as
the truth is in Jesus, 22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your
former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be
renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created
after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. 25 Therefore,
having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his
neighbor, for we are members one of another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do
not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the
devil. 28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing
honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with
anyone in need. 29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only
such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace
to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you
were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and
anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in
Christ forgave you. |
