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I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord
Urge you to walk in a manner worthy
Of the calling to which you have been called
With all humility and gentleness
With patience, bearing with one another in love
Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace
There is one body and one Spirit
Just as you were called
To the one hope that belongs to your call
One Lord, one faith, one baptism
One God and Father of all
Who is over all and through all and in all
But grace was given to each one of us
According to the measure of Christ's gift
Therefore it says
"When he ascended on high
He led a host of captives
And he gave gifts to men."
In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean
But that he had also descended into the lower regions
The earth?
He who descended is the one who also ascended
Far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things
And he gave the apostles, the prophets
The evangelists, the shepherds and teachers
To equip the saints for the work of ministry
For building up the body of Christ
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
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
Rather, speaking the truth in love
We are to grow up in every way
Into him who is the head, into Christ
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