The Unity of the Body
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 people, 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.”
9 Now, what does “he went up” mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth. 10 So the one who came down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the whole universe with his presence. 11 It was he who “gave gifts to people”; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers. 12 He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ. 13 And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature. 14 Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent. 15 Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head. 16 Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.
The New Life in Christ
17 In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless 18 and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn. 19 They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint.
20 That was not what you learned about Christ! 21 You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus. 22 So get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to—the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires. 23 Your hearts and minds must be made completely new, 24 and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy.
25 No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ. 26 If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day. 27 Don't give the Devil a chance. 28 If you used to rob, you must stop robbing and start working, in order to earn an honest living for yourself and to be able to help the poor. 29 Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you. 30 And do not make God's Holy Spirit sad; for the Spirit is God's mark of ownership on you, a guarantee that the Day will come when God will set you free. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort. 32 Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.
IV.
Mīrmīleiba un mīlesteiba.
1 Es, kai gyusteknis ikš Kunga, jyusus pōrsorgoju, lai jyus tō aicynōjuma cīneigi dzeivōtu, kurā asot pasaukti, 2 lai byutu vysā pazemeigi, lānprōteigi un pacīteigi un vins pret ūtru ar mīlesteibu īcīteigi. 3 Centeigi ryupejitēs īturēt gora vīneibu caur mīra saitem, 4 (Jo jyus asot) vīna mīsa un vins gors, kai arī jyusu aicynōjumā asot paaicynōti uz vīnu cereibu. 5 Vins Kungs, vīna ticeiba, vīna kristeiba. 6 Vīns Dīvs un vysu Tāvs, kas ir pōri visim, cauri visim un vysā.
7 Ikvīnam nu mums ir dūta žēlesteiba taidā mārā, kaidā Kristus ir dōvynōjis. 8 Tōpēc ir teikts: Jys uzkōpe augšā, pajēme sev leidza gyustekņus un cylvākim izdaleja dōvonas. 9 Bet kū tad cytu var nūzeimōt tys: Jys uzkōpe augšā, kai: Jys pyrmōk nūkōpe arī zemes dziļumūs? 10 Tys, kas nūkōpe, ir tys pats, kas uzkōpe augšōk par visim dabasim, lai pīpiļdeitu vysu. 11 Un tai Jys vīnus īcēle par apostolim, cytus par pravīšim, cytus otkon par evangelistim, vai arī par ganeitōjim un mōceitōjim. 12 Jim ir pīnōkums sagatavōt svātūs sova omota izpiļdeišonai, Kristus mīsas uzceļšonai, 13 koleidz mes visi nūnōksim ticeibas vīneibā, Dīva Dāla atzeišonā, pīaugušō cylvāka nūbrīdumā, Kristus myuža godu piļneibā. 14 Lai tad mes vairs naasam mozgadeigi, kas svōrstōs tur un šur, kurus kotras mōceibas vāsma svaida prūjom un atpakaļ, gon caur cylvāku viļteibu, gon caur moldu blēdeibu, 15 bet gon pi patīseibas turūtīs caur vysu lai augam mīlesteibā uz tū, kas ir golva: Kristu. 16 Jys vysu mīsu caur ikvīnu lūcekli sakūpoj un kūpā satur un ikvīnai daļai sovu nūteiktu dorbu pazeimoj; tai nūteik mīsas augšona, koleidz tei byus mīlesteibā uzcalta.
Kristticeigajim jōdzeivoj svēteigi.
17 Tai tad, es jums šytū soku un ikš Kunga līcynoju: Nadzeivojit vairs tai, kai pogōni dzeivoj, kas sovā oplomeibā 18 sovu prōtu ir aptymsōjuši un, nazynōšonas dēļ, kura jūs ir aplankuse, jī nu dzeives ikš Dīva ir atsasvešynōjuši sirds aizcītynōšonas dēļ. 19 Jī dzeivōdami bez cereibas nūsadeve naceisteibai un kōreigi dora vysaidus nūzīgumus.
20 Bet Kristus jyusus na tai ir mōcejis. 21 Jyus cytaiž par jū naasot dzērdējuši un par jū naasot īmōceiti kai tik tai, kai ir patīseiba ikš Jezus. 22 Jums ir jōatmat agrōkō dzeive un jōizagērb nu vacō cylvāka, kas caur krōpūšom kōreibom kreit iznīceibā. 23 Atsajaunojit caur Goru sovā apziņā 24 un apsagērbit jaunā cylvākā, kas pēc Dīva ir radeits taisneigumā un patīseibas svātumā.
25 Tōpēc metit nūst malus un vins ūtram runojit patīseibu: jo mes sovstarpeji asom lūcekli. 26 Dusmojūtīs nagrākojit, saule lai nanūrīt par jyusu dusmi. 27 Nadūdit vītas valnam. 28 Kas beja zaglis, tys lai vairs nazūg, bet gon caur sovu rūku dorbim sev sagōdoj gūdeigu nūpeļņu, lai varātu nu tō paleidzēt tryukumcītējim. 29 Nu jyusu lyupom lai nanōk nikaida ļauna runa, bet gon loba, kas, kur tys ir vītā, kolpōtu uzlobōšonai (ticeibā) un klauseitōjim nastu svēteibu. 30 Un naapkaitynojit Dīva Svātō Gora, ar kuru jyus asot apzeimūgōti atpesteišonas dīnai. 31 Lai ir tōli nu jums ikvīns saryugtynōjums, dusme un borgums, ikvīna klīgšona un saimōšona un vyspōri ikvins ļaunums. 32 Esit vins pret ūtru laipni, žālsirdeigi un vins ūtram pīdūdit, kai arī Dīvs jums ikš Kristus ir pīdevis.
