1 ¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

I, the prisoner in Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

2 ¶ with all humility and meekness, with tolerance, forbearing one another in love,

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

3 b eing diligent to guard the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.

4 T here is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling,

one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;

5 o ne Lord, one faith, one baptism,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

6 o ne God and Father of all, who is above all and through all, and in you all.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

7 B ut unto each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

8 T herefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men.

Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.

9 ( Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

10 H e that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all the heavens, that he might fulfill all things.)

He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;

11 A nd he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers,

and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,

12 f or the perfecting of the saints in the work of the ministry, unto the edifying of the body of the Christ

for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to work of ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

13 u ntil we all come forth in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the coming of age of the Christ:

until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at full-grown man, at measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

14 T hat we no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive,

in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of that teaching in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;

15 b ut following the truth in charity, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

16 F rom whom the whole body fitly joined together and well tied together among itself by the nourishment that every connecting bond supplies, by the operation of each member according to measure they have received, making increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in charity.

from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to working in measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.

17 ¶ This I say, therefore, and require in the Lord that from now on ye not walk as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their own senses,

This I say therefore, and testify in Lord, that ye should no longer walk as the nations walk in vanity of their mind,

18 h aving the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart,

being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,

19 w ho, after losing all sense of feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness.

who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.

20 B ut ye have not so learned of the Christ,

But ye have not thus learnt the Christ,

21 i f so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus,

if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as truth is in Jesus;

22 t hat ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,

your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;

23 a nd be renewed in the spirit of your understanding

and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;

24 a nd that ye put on the new man, which is created in conformity to God in righteousness and in the holiness of the truth.

and having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.

25 T herefore, leaving the lie, speak every man truth with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.

Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

26 B e ye angry and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,

27 n either give place to the devil.

neither give room for the devil.

28 L et him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.

Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.

29 L et no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear.

30 A nd do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with which ye are sealed for the day of redemption.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for day of redemption.

31 L et all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be taken away from you, with all malice,

Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

32 a nd be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.

and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.