1As a prisoner of the Lord, I beg you to live in a way that is worthy of the people God has chosen to be his own.
2Always be humble and gentle. Patiently put up with each other and love each other.
“When he went up
to the highest place,
he led away many prisoners
and gave gifts to people.”
9When it says, “he went up”, it means that Christ had been deep in the earth.
10This also means that the one who went deep into the earth is the same one who went into the highest heaven, so that he would fill the whole universe.
11Christ chose some of us to be apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers,
12so that his people would learn to serve and his body would grow strong.
13This will continue until we are united by our faith and by our understanding of the Son of God. Then we will be mature, just as Christ is, and we will be completely like him.
14We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place.
15Love should always make us tell the truth. Then we will grow in every way and be more like Christ, the head
16of the body. Christ holds it together and makes all its parts work perfectly, as it grows and becomes strong because of love.The old life and the new life
17As a follower of the Lord, I order you to stop living like stupid, godless people.
18Their minds are in the dark, and they are stubborn and ignorant and have missed out on the life that comes from God. They no longer have any feelings about what is right,
19and they are so greedy that they do all kinds of indecent things.
20-21But that isn't what you were taught about Jesus Christ. He is the truth, and you heard about him and learnt about him.
22You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits.Rules for the new life
25We are part of the same body. Stop lying and start telling each other the truth.
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