1. 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.
2. Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another.
3. Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.
4. There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you.
5. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6. there is one God and Father of all, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.
7. Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to what Christ has given.
8. As the scripture says:“When he went up to the very heights,he took many captives with him;he gave gifts to people.”