1. Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,
2. with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love,
3. diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us.
4. There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope at your calling —
5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6. one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
7. Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.
8. For it says:When He ascended on high,He took prisoners into captivity; He gave gifts to people.
9. But what does “He ascended” mean except that He descended to the lower parts of the earth?
10. The One who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.
11. And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,