These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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Ephesians 4
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I, then, the prisoner for the Master’s sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received—
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Colossians 1:10 Philippians 1:27 1 Thessalonians 2:12 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 2 Peter 1:3 Ephesians 3:1 Galatians 4:12 1 Corinthians 4:16 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 5:24 1 Peter 2:11 Philippians 3:14 Romans 12:1 Philemon 1:9-10 Hebrews 3:1 Hebrews 13:21 Titus 2:10 2 John 1:5 2 Thessalonians 1:11 Philippians 3:17-18 Jeremiah 38:20 2 Corinthians 6:1 Ephesians 4:4 Ephesians 4:17 Colossians 2:6 Acts 9:31 2 Corinthians 10:1 2 Corinthians 5:20 1 Peter 5:10 Romans 8:28-30 Ephesians 5:2 2 Timothy 1:9 1 Peter 3:9 Colossians 4:12 -
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with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain,
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Colossians 3:12-13 1 Corinthians 13:7 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 Matthew 5:3-5 1 Peter 3:15 Numbers 12:3 Ephesians 1:4 Proverbs 16:19 Galatians 6:2 2 Timothy 2:25 1 Timothy 6:11 Galatians 5:22-23 Matthew 11:29 Psalm 138:6 Zephaniah 2:3 Proverbs 3:34 Isaiah 57:15 James 3:15-18 Romans 15:1 Mark 9:19 Acts 20:19 Isaiah 61:1-3 Zechariah 9:9 James 1:21 Psalm 45:4 - 3 in the uniting bond of , the unity given by the .
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There is but one body and but one , as also when you were called you had one and the same held out to you.
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1 Corinthians 12:4-13 Romans 12:4-5 Ephesians 2:18 Ephesians 1:18 Ephesians 2:16 1 Corinthians 12:20 Titus 2:13 Matthew 28:19 Titus 1:2 Hebrews 6:18-19 Ephesians 4:1 1 Corinthians 10:17 Jeremiah 14:8 Titus 3:7 1 Peter 1:3-4 1 Peter 1:21 Jeremiah 17:7 Colossians 1:5 Ephesians 2:22 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Ephesians 5:30 2 Corinthians 11:4 Colossians 3:15 1 Timothy 1:1 Acts 15:11 1 John 3:3 -
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There is but Lord, , ,
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1 Corinthians 8:6 1 Peter 3:21 Matthew 28:19 Romans 3:30 Jude 1:3 1 Corinthians 12:13 1 Corinthians 1:13 Hebrews 13:7 Galatians 1:6-7 Galatians 3:26-28 Acts 10:36 Zechariah 14:9 Philippians 2:11 Jude 1:20 Titus 1:4 1 Corinthians 1:2 2 Peter 1:1 Romans 6:3-4 Acts 2:36 Romans 14:8-9 Galatians 5:6 Titus 1:1 Ephesians 4:13 2 Corinthians 11:4 Philippians 3:8 1 Corinthians 12:5 James 2:18 Hebrews 6:6 -
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and and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all, and dwells in all.
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Romans 11:36 1 Corinthians 12:6 Malachi 2:10 Ephesians 3:17 John 14:23 Matthew 6:9 Isaiah 63:16 Daniel 4:34-35 John 20:17 Ephesians 6:23 Revelation 4:8-11 Ephesians 2:22 Isaiah 40:21-23 Galatians 4:3-7 Jeremiah 10:10-13 Genesis 14:19 John 17:26 1 John 3:1-3 1 Corinthians 8:6 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 John 4:12-15 Numbers 16:22 Daniel 5:18-23 Ephesians 1:21 1 John 3:24 Matthew 6:13 Isaiah 40:11-17 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 Galatians 3:26-28 Psalm 95:3 - 7 Yet to each of us individually was given, measured out with the munificence of .
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For this reason Scripture says: “He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men.”
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He who descended is the same as He who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the universe.)
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- 11 And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,
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in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving—for the building up of Messiah’s body—
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1 Corinthians 12:27 Ephesians 4:16 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Thessalonians 5:11-14 2 Corinthians 6:3 Romans 14:19 1 Timothy 1:12 2 Corinthians 5:18 Romans 15:14 Hebrews 13:17 1 Corinthians 14:12 Hebrews 6:1 Ephesians 1:23 1 Corinthians 14:4-5 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Acts 20:24 Colossians 1:28 Acts 14:22-23 Romans 15:2 Acts 1:17 Colossians 4:17 1 Corinthians 12:7 Philippians 3:12-18 2 Timothy 4:5 2 Timothy 4:11 2 Corinthians 4:1 Colossians 1:24 Ephesians 4:4 John 21:15-17 Romans 12:7 Acts 9:31 2 Corinthians 13:9 Acts 11:23 Ephesians 4:29 2 Corinthians 3:8 Acts 20:28 2 Corinthians 7:1 Romans 15:29 Acts 1:25 Philippians 1:25-26 1 Corinthians 14:14 Luke 22:32 2 Corinthians 12:19 -
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till we all of us arrive at oneness in and in the knowledge of the Son of , and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in .
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Colossians 1:28 Ephesians 4:5 Ephesians 4:3 Ephesians 1:23 John 17:21 1 Corinthians 14:20 Colossians 2:2 Ezekiel 37:21-22 Zephaniah 3:9 Zechariah 14:9 1 John 5:20 Acts 4:32 Ephesians 2:15 1 Corinthians 1:10 Ephesians 4:12 Philippians 2:1-3 2 Peter 1:1-3 Hebrews 5:14 2 Corinthians 4:6 John 17:25-26 Isaiah 53:11 Matthew 11:27 John 16:3 Philippians 3:8 2 Peter 3:18 John 17:3 Jeremiah 32:38-39 -
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So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men’s cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead.
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Hebrews 13:9 1 Corinthians 14:20 James 1:6 2 Corinthians 2:17 Romans 16:17-18 Ephesians 6:11 1 John 4:1 Colossians 2:4-8 2 Corinthians 4:2 Hebrews 5:12-14 2 Peter 2:1-3 Matthew 11:7 Matthew 24:24 Matthew 24:11 Jude 1:12 1 Timothy 4:6-7 1 John 2:26 Galatians 3:1 2 Timothy 3:13 James 3:4 1 John 2:19 2 Corinthians 11:3-4 1 Timothy 3:6 Isaiah 28:9 2 Timothy 3:6-9 Galatians 1:6-7 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Psalm 10:9 Micah 7:2 2 Timothy 1:15 2 Thessalonians 2:2-5 2 Timothy 2:17-18 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 Psalm 59:3 2 Peter 2:18 Revelation 13:11-14 Acts 23:21 Acts 20:30-31 1 Corinthians 12:2 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 Matthew 18:3-4 2 Timothy 4:3 Revelation 19:20 - 15 But we shall lovingly hold to the , and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even .
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Dependent on Him, the whole body—its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another—grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a of .
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Colossians 2:19 John 15:5 1 Corinthians 13:13 Ephesians 4:12 1 Thessalonians 2:13 1 Thessalonians 3:12 Colossians 2:2 Ephesians 4:15 Ephesians 3:7 1 Timothy 1:5 Philippians 1:9 Ephesians 3:17 1 Corinthians 12:12-28 1 Corinthians 13:4-9 Ephesians 1:4 Galatians 5:6 1 Peter 1:22 1 John 4:16 Galatians 5:13-14 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Corinthians 8:1 Job 10:10-11 2 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 Psalm 139:15-16 Galatians 5:22 -
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Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live,
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Romans 1:21 Ephesians 2:1-3 Colossians 2:4 1 Peter 4:3-4 1 Peter 1:18 Acts 18:5 Jeremiah 42:19 1 Timothy 5:21 1 Corinthians 1:12 2 Timothy 4:1 1 Corinthians 15:50 Ephesians 1:22 2 Peter 2:18 Acts 14:15 Colossians 2:18 Nehemiah 9:29-30 Galatians 3:17 1 Timothy 6:13 2 Corinthians 9:6 Galatians 5:3 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 Psalm 94:8-11 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Ephesians 4:22 Nehemiah 13:15 Acts 2:40 Acts 20:21 Colossians 3:5-8 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Galatians 5:19-21 Romans 1:23-32 -
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with darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which gives.
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Ephesians 2:12 Romans 1:21-23 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Colossians 1:21 Galatians 4:8 1 John 2:11 Romans 1:28 Romans 11:25 2 Corinthians 4:4 Romans 8:7-8 Acts 17:30 Matthew 13:15 John 12:40 Isaiah 46:5-8 1 Corinthians 1:21 Psalm 74:20 2 Corinthians 3:14 Mark 3:5 Romans 2:19 James 4:4 Daniel 5:20 Acts 26:17-18 Isaiah 44:18-20 Psalm 115:4-8 - 19 Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy.
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But these are not the lessons which you have learned from ;
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to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,
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Hebrews 12:1 James 1:21 Romans 6:6 Hebrews 3:13 Ephesians 4:25 1 Peter 4:3 1 Peter 2:1-2 Titus 3:3 Colossians 3:7-9 2 Peter 2:13 2 Peter 2:7 Ezekiel 18:30-32 Romans 7:11 Ephesians 4:17 1 Peter 1:18 Obadiah 1:3 James 1:26 Colossians 2:11 Proverbs 11:18 Ephesians 2:3 1 Samuel 1:14 Jeremiah 49:16 Galatians 1:13 Job 22:23 -
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and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves
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with that new and better self which has been created to resemble in the and holiness which come from the .
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Colossians 3:10-14 Ephesians 2:10 2 Corinthians 5:17 Romans 6:4 Romans 13:14 2 Corinthians 4:16 Ephesians 6:11 1 John 3:2-3 Romans 8:29 Galatians 6:15 Ephesians 2:15 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Peter 2:2 Genesis 1:26-27 Isaiah 59:17 John 17:17 Hebrews 12:14 Isaiah 52:1 Romans 13:12 Hebrews 1:8 Galatians 3:27 Job 29:14 Psalm 45:6-7 Titus 2:14 -
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For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another.
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Colossians 3:9 Zechariah 8:16 Romans 12:5 Ephesians 4:15 Proverbs 12:22 Proverbs 8:7 Leviticus 19:11 Proverbs 12:17 Titus 1:2 1 Timothy 4:2 Isaiah 59:3-4 Psalm 119:29 Hosea 4:2 Revelation 21:8 Acts 5:3-4 2 Corinthians 7:14 Psalm 52:3 Isaiah 9:15 Zechariah 8:19 Jeremiah 9:3-5 1 Corinthians 10:17 Revelation 22:15 Proverbs 6:17 Proverbs 21:6 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Isaiah 63:8 Proverbs 12:19 1 Kings 13:18 Titus 1:12 1 Timothy 1:10 John 8:44 Ephesians 5:30 -
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If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;
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and do not leave room for the Devil.
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He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share.
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Exodus 20:15 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 2 Thessalonians 3:11-12 1 Timothy 6:18 2 Corinthians 8:12 Galatians 6:10 Proverbs 14:23 Proverbs 13:11 Exodus 20:17 2 Corinthians 8:2 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 Hosea 4:2 Exodus 21:16 1 Corinthians 6:10-11 John 13:29 Acts 20:34-35 Zechariah 5:3 Proverbs 30:9 Job 34:32 Proverbs 28:13 Luke 3:10-14 Luke 19:8 Luke 21:1-4 John 12:6 2 Thessalonians 3:6-8 Jeremiah 7:9 Luke 3:8 Romans 12:13 -
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Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of to the hearers.
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Colossians 4:6 Proverbs 15:7 Proverbs 12:13 Ecclesiastes 10:12 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Proverbs 15:2-4 Proverbs 25:11-12 Colossians 3:8-9 Psalm 37:30-31 James 3:2-8 Matthew 5:16 Proverbs 10:31-32 Matthew 12:34-37 Colossians 3:16-17 Ephesians 5:3-4 1 Peter 2:12 Luke 4:22 Proverbs 15:23 1 Peter 3:1 Malachi 3:16-18 Proverbs 16:21 Psalm 52:2 Psalm 5:9 Romans 3:13-14 1 Corinthians 15:32-33 Psalm 73:7-9 Isaiah 50:4 Ephesians 4:16 Jude 1:13-16 1 Corinthians 14:19 Psalm 71:24 Psalm 71:17-18 Deuteronomy 6:6-9 Ephesians 4:12 Psalm 78:4-5 Revelation 13:5-6 2 Peter 2:18 Psalm 45:2 -
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And beware of grieving the Holy of , in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption.
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Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you—and also every kind of malice.
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Colossians 3:8 Ecclesiastes 7:9 1 Peter 2:1 Ephesians 4:26 James 1:19 Colossians 3:19 Titus 3:2-3 Proverbs 26:20 James 4:11 James 3:14 1 Corinthians 14:20 Acts 19:28-29 1 Corinthians 5:8 1 Timothy 6:4-5 Psalm 101:5 Genesis 4:8 2 Samuel 13:22 Romans 1:29-30 Proverbs 10:18 1 Timothy 3:3 Galatians 5:20 Acts 21:30 2 Samuel 19:27 2 Corinthians 12:20 Romans 3:14 1 Timothy 3:11 Psalm 140:11 Proverbs 10:12 Psalm 15:3 Psalm 50:20 Psalm 64:3 Proverbs 29:9 Acts 22:22-23 Proverbs 29:22 Proverbs 18:8 Proverbs 6:19 Genesis 27:41 Genesis 37:4 Proverbs 26:24-25 Leviticus 19:16-18 Jeremiah 9:4 Proverbs 19:12 Proverbs 25:23 Jeremiah 6:28 Proverbs 14:17 Genesis 37:21 2 Samuel 19:43 Jude 1:8-10 Revelation 12:10 Titus 1:7 2 Peter 2:10-11 Titus 2:3 1 John 3:15 2 Timothy 2:23 1 John 3:12 2 Timothy 3:3 1 Timothy 5:13 -
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On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as in has also forgiven you.
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Colossians 3:12-13 2 Corinthians 2:10 1 Peter 3:8-9 Matthew 6:14-15 Ephesians 5:1 Luke 17:4 1 Corinthians 13:4 Mark 11:25 Luke 6:35 Luke 6:37 Matthew 6:12 Matthew 18:21-35 Luke 1:78 2 Peter 1:7 2 Corinthians 6:6 Romans 12:20-21 Romans 12:10 Psalm 112:9 Psalm 112:4-5 Ruth 2:20 James 5:11 Psalm 145:9 Proverbs 19:22 Acts 28:2 1 John 1:9 Genesis 50:17-18 1 John 2:12 2 Corinthians 2:7 Luke 11:4 Isaiah 57:1 Proverbs 12:10