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may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
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Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
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But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
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So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
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to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
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until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
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Instructions for Christian Living
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
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when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Instructions for Christian Households
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
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Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
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After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
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This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
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Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
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Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
