¹⁰ God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.

The Unity of the Body

4 I urge you, then—I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you.

The New Life in Christ

¹⁷ In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless

⁵ There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

¹⁵ Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head.