I beseech you therefore,  ¹I, the  ²prisoner in the Lord, to  ³walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

With all  ¹lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love,

Being diligent to  ¹keep the  ²oneness of the Spirit in the uniting  ³bond of peace:

 ¹One Body and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one  ²hope of your calling;

One  ¹Lord, one  ²faith, one baptism;

One  ¹God and Father of  ²all, who is  ³over all and through all and in all.

 ¹But to each one of us  ²grace was given according to the  ³measure of the gift of Christ.

Therefore the Scripture says, “Having ascended to the  ¹height, He led captive  ²those taken captive and gave  ³gifts to men.”

(Now this, “He ascended,” what is it except that He also descended into the  ¹lower parts of the earth?

He who descended, He is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens that He might  ¹fill all things.)

And He Himself gave  ¹some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as  ²shepherds and teachers,

For the  ¹perfecting of the saints  ²unto the work of the  ³ministry,  ²unto the  ⁴building up of the Body of Christ,

Until we all  ¹arrive at the  ²oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the  ³Son of God, at a  ⁴full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the  ⁵fullness of Christ,

That we may be no longer  ¹little children tossed by  ²waves and carried about by every  ³wind of teaching in the  ⁴sleight of men, in craftiness with a view to a  ⁵system of error,

But  ¹holding to truth in  ²love, we may  ³grow up into Him in all things, who is the  ⁴Head, Christ,

 ¹Out from whom all the Body, being  ²joined together and being knit together through every  ³joint of  ⁴the rich supply  ⁵and through the  ⁶operation in the measure of  ⁷each one part,  ⁸causes the  ⁹growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in  ¹⁰love.

This therefore I say and  ¹testify in the Lord, that you no longer  ²walk as the Gentiles also walk in the  ³vanity of their mind,

Being  ¹darkened in their understanding, alienated from the  ²life of God because of the  ³ignorance which is in them, because of the  ⁴hardness of their heart;

Who,  ¹being past feeling, have given themselves over to lasciviousness to work all uncleanness in greediness.

But you did not so  ¹learn Christ,

If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him as the  ¹reality is in Jesus,

 ¹That you  ²put off, as regards your  ³former manner of life, the  ⁴old man, which is being corrupted according to the lusts of  ⁵the deceit,

And that you be  ¹renewed in the  ²spirit of your mind

And  ¹put on the  ²new man, which was created according to  ³God in  ⁴righteousness and holiness of  ⁵the reality.

 ¹Therefore having put off the  ²lie, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Be  ¹angry, yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your  ²indignation,

Neither  ¹give place to the devil.

He who steals should  ¹steal no more, but rather should  ²labor, working with his own hands in  ³that which is respectable, that he may have something to  ²share with him who has need.

Let no  ¹corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for  ²building up, according to the need, that it may give  ³grace to those who hear.

And do not  ¹grieve the Holy  ²Spirit of God,  ³in whom you were  ⁴sealed  ⁵unto the day of  ⁶redemption.

Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and clamor and evil speaking be removed from you, with all malice.

And be kind to one another,  ¹tenderhearted,  ²forgiving one another, even as  ³God in Christ also  ⁴forgave you.

Be therefore  ¹imitators of God, as beloved children;

And walk in  ¹love, even as  ²Christ also loved  ³us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a  ⁴sacrifice to God for a  ⁵sweet-smelling savor.

But  ¹fornication and all uncleanness or greediness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for  ²saints,

And obscenity and foolish talking or sly, filthy jesting, which are not becoming, but rather the  ¹giving of thanks.

For this you  ¹realize,  ²knowing that every fornicator or unclean person or greedy person (who is an idolater) has no inheritance in the  ³kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

Therefore do not be partakers with them;

For you were once darkness but are now  ¹light in the Lord;  ²walk as  ³children of light

(For the fruit of the light consists in all  ¹goodness and righteousness and truth),

Proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

And do not participate in the  ¹unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even  ²reprove them.

For the things which are done by them in secret it is shameful even to speak of.

But all things which are  ¹reproved are made manifest by the light; for everything that makes manifest is light.

Therefore He says, Awake,  ¹sleeper, and arise from the dead, and  ²Christ will shine on you.

 ¹Look therefore carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

 ¹Redeeming the time, because the  ²days are evil.

Therefore do not be foolish, but  ¹understand what the will of the Lord is.

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be  ¹filled in spirit,

 ¹Speaking to one another in  ²psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with your heart to the Lord,

Giving thanks  ¹at all times for all things  ²in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our God and Father,

Being  ¹subject to  ²one another in the  ³fear of Christ:

 ¹Wives, be subject  ²to your  ³own husbands as to the Lord;

For a husband is  ¹head of the wife as also Christ is Head of the church, He Himself being the  ²Savior of the Body.

 ¹But as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be subject to their husbands in  ²everything.

Husbands,  ¹love your wives even  ²as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her

That He might  ¹sanctify her, cleansing her by the  ²washing of the  ³water in the  ⁴word,

That He might  ¹present the  ²church to Himself  ³glorious, not having  ⁴spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be  ⁵holy and without blemish.

In the same way the husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his own wife loves himself.

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but  ¹nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also the church,

Because we are members of His Body.

For this cause a man shall  ¹leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be  ²one flesh.

This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to  ¹Christ and the church.

Nevertheless you also, each one of you, in the same way love  ¹your own wife as yourself; and the wife should  ²fear her husband.

 ¹Children, obey your parents  ²in the Lord, for this is  ³right.

 ¹“Honor your father and mother,” which is the  ²first commandment with a promise,

“That it may be  ¹well with you and that you may live long on the earth.”

And fathers, do not  ¹provoke your children to anger, but nurture them in the discipline and  ²admonition of the Lord.

 ¹Slaves,  ²be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh with  ³fear and trembling, in  ⁴singleness of your heart,  ⁵as to Christ;

Not with eye-service as men-pleasers but  ¹as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul;

With good will serving as slaves,  ¹as serving the Lord and not men;

Knowing that whatever good thing each one does,  ¹this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free man.

And masters, do the same things toward them,  ¹giving up your threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in the heavens, and there is no respect of persons with Him.

 ¹Finally,  ²be  ³empowered  ⁴in the Lord and in the might of His strength.

 ¹Put on the  ²whole armor of God that you may be able to  ³stand against the  ⁴stratagems of the devil,

For our wrestling is not against  ¹blood and flesh but against  ²the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of  ³this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the  ⁴heavenlies.

Therefore  ¹take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to  ²withstand in the  ³evil day, and having done all, to  ⁴stand.

Stand therefore,  ¹having  ²girded your loins with  ³truth and having  ⁴put on the breastplate of righteousness

And having  ¹shod your feet with the  ²firm foundation of the gospel of peace;

Besides all these, having  ¹taken up the shield of  ²faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming  ³darts of the evil one.

And receive the  ¹helmet of salvation and the  ²sword of the Spirit,  ³which Spirit is the  ⁴word of God,

 ¹By means of all  ²prayer and petition, praying at every time in  ³spirit and  ⁴watching unto this in  ⁵all perseverance and  ⁶petition concerning all the saints,

And for me, that  ¹utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known in boldness the  ²mystery of the gospel,

For which I am an  ¹ambassador in a  ²chain, that in it I would speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

But that you also may know the things concerning me, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful  ¹minister in the Lord, will  ²make all things known to you.

Him I have sent to you for this very thing, that you may know the things concerning us and that he may comfort your hearts.

 ¹Peace to the brothers and  ²love with faith  ³from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

 ¹Grace be with all those who  ²love our Lord Jesus Christ in  ³incorruptibility.