1. So, as a prisoner for the Lord, I beg you to live the way God’s people should live, because he chose you to be his.
2. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient and accept each other with love.
3. You are joined together with peace through the Spirit. Do all you can to continue as you are, letting peace hold you together.
4. There is one body and one Spirit, and God chose you to have one hope.
5. There is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism.
6. There is one God and Father of us all, who rules over everyone. He works through all of us and in all of us.
7. Christ gave each one of us a special gift. Everyone received what he wanted to give them.
8. That is why the Scriptures say, “He went up high into the sky; he took prisoners with him, and he gave gifts to people.” Psalm 68:18
9. When it says, “He went up,” what does it mean? It means that he first came down low to earth.
10. So Christ came down, and he is the same one who went up. He went up above the highest heaven in order to fill everything with himself.
11. And that same Christ gave these gifts to people: He made some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to go and tell the Good News, and some to care for and teach God’s people.