1. As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
2. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
3. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
4. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
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 to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
8. This is why it says:"When he ascended on high,he took many captivesand gave gifts to his people."
9. (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?