The New English Bible; Ephesians

the letter of quarterly if egypt's chapter four i intrigued you then i had a prisoner for lord's sake as guard has called you live up to your calling the humble always and gentle and patient to be for bearing with one another and charitable spare no effort to make fast with bombs apiece the unity which the spirit gives that is one body and one spin it as that is also one the pope held out in god spoke to you one more and one cs one baptism one god and father of all who is woven quote and through low end in quote but each of us has been given his gift is drew portion of christ's bumped it therefore

scripture says he ascended into the heights with captives in his trade he gave gifts to man now the word essay and it implies that you also dc ended to the lowest level down to the very first he you descended is no other than he us ended father bob or heavens so that he might view the universe and these were his gifts some to be apostles some profits some evangelists some pastors and teachers to a clip art's people for work in his service to the building up of the body of christ so shall we will outlast attain to the unity inherent in our faith and our knowledge of the son of god to mature man who'd measured by nothing less than the full stature of

christ we're no longer to be children tossed by the waves and quote about by a very fresh cost of teaching troops of craft beer robes and they're deceitful schemes know let us speak the truth in love so shall we fully grow up into christ he is the head and on him the whole body depends bonded and knit together but every constituent joined the low flame grows through the jew activity of each pot and builds itself up in love this then is my would do you add that third seat upon you in the lord's name give up living like patrons with them good for nothing notions that whips up a clouded they're strangers to the life that is

in god because ignorance prevails among them and the mines have grown hard as stolen did you or feeling they have abandoned themselves device and stop at nothing to satisfy their fowl desires but that is not how you know in christ or where you're not to love him where you're not pass christian stoehr the truth as it is in jesus that leaving uniform away like you must lay aside their own human nature which diluted by its lasts is sinking towards is it must be made new in mind and spirit and put on the new nature of god's creating which shows itself in the just and devout life called for by the truth mangrove forests who would speak the truth to each other for all of us of the parts of one

body if you are angry do not let anger lead you into sin do not commit sunset find you still nursing it leave normal coral for the devil the thief must give up stealing and instead work hard and honestly with his own hands so that he may have something to share with the needy no bad language must pass your lips but only what is gold and helpful to the location so that it brings a blessing to those early at it and do not grieve the holy spirit of god or that spirit is the seal with which you were mocked for the deed of our final liberation have done with spiked and passionate or angry shouting and cursing and that feeling of every kind be generous to one another tender hearted

forgiving one another as god in christ four gave you in a wood as guards dear children tried to be like him and live in love as grace love you and even self up on your behalf as an offering and sacrifice who's fragrances pleasing the garden fornication and indecency of any kind or ruthless greig must not be so much as mentioned among you as befits the people of god will cost you could all flip a toll these things are out of place you should rather be thanking god for the very short of this no one given to farm occasion on indecency on the greed which makes him a good deed as any share in the kingdom of christ and of god

let no one to see view with shallow arguments it is for all these things that god's dreadful judgment is coming upon his arrival subject of no god talk with them although you were once called darkness no as christians your night live like man who at home in daylight for where light is there or goodness springs up or justice and truth make sure what would have the moral disapproval did no part in the bottom deeds of doctors but sure i'm up for what we are the things they do in secret it would be shameful even to mention but everything when once the light has shored it up is inhuman and everything that's in new england is all light and so they can say as a weak sleep that arise from the dead and christ

will shine upon you the most careful and how you conduct yourselves like sensible men not like simpletons use the president opportunity to the flow for these anti veil days so do not be fools but try to understand what the will of the more days do not give way to drunkenness and the dissipation that goes with it but let the holy spirit speak to one another and psalms hymns and so ms sing and make music in your hearts to the lord and in the name of our lord jesus christ give thanks every day for everything do our garden father be subject to one another out of reverence for christ waves be subject to your husbands best of the lord for the man is the head of the woman just as christ also is the head of the church christ is indeed the savior of the body

but just as the churches subject of christ so most women be to their husbands in everything has been his love your wives as christ also love the church and gave himself up for it to consecrate it cleansing it by water and weren't so that he might present the judge threw himself longer hours with no steam or in court or anything of the song but holy and without blemish in the same way may know sort of bound to love the waves as they love their own bodies in loving his wife amanda loves himself for no one ever hated his own body on the contrary he provides cares for that and that is how christ thinks the church because it is his body off which we are living pods the city is that in the words of

scripture a man showed leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife and the two shall become a single body it is a great truth that is hidden here i farm i thought this headed to christ and to the church but it applies also individually each of you must love his wife as his various health and the woman must see to it that she pays her husband all respect children will be at your parents for it is right that you shoot on i your father and mother is the first commandment with a promise of that just in the words but it may be where with you and that you may live long in the land you father's again must not go your children to resentment but given the instruction and the correction which belonged to a christian upbringing slaves albeit us lee masters with fear and

trembling single mindedly as serving christ do not often merely the old would show of service to curry favor with unmanned but as slaves of christ do own fatah to make the will of god give the cheerful service of those who serve the lord not man or you know that whatever goad each man made to slave all three will be repaid him by the lord and you must has also must do the same by them give up using threats remember you both have the same os step in heaven and he has no favorites finally they had trained us things in the law and it is mighty power for dawn or the amo which god provides so that you may be able to stand firm against the devices of the devil for

our fight is not against human forms against cosby goes against the off oddities and dates of this dark world against the super human forces of evil and the heavens therefore take up guards are more than you will be able to stand your ground when things that the west to complete every task and still to stand stand i see on the belt of truth give me you built on integrity that the shoes on your feet be the gospel of peace to give your firm footing hand with all these take up the grape shield of faith with which you will be able to quench or the flaming arrows of the evil one dig salvation for helmet foresaw and take that which the spirit gives you the words that come from god give yourselves who are to prayer and

untreated preyed on every location in the part of the spirit to this end keep watch and post soviet or was interceding for god's people and pray for me but i may be granted the right words when i will put my mouth and made boldly and freely make known his hidden purpose for which i am an ambassador and chains pray that i may speak of that border as it is my duty to speak you want to know about my affairs and how i am the kickers will give you all the news he is our dear brother and trustworthy up in the lord's work i'm sending him to you on proposed merger normal to us and to put fresh hard to do beast of the brotherhood and love with faith from god the father and the lord jesus christ god's grace be with all love our lord jesus

christ grace and immortality the reading has concluded at the twenty fourth verse of the letter of paul to the infusions