1. I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
2. with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love,
3. striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace:
4. one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call;
5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6. one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7. But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8. Therefore, it says:“He ascended on high and took prisoners captive;he gave gifts to men.”
9. What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended into the lower [regions] 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 gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers,