Ephesians 4:1
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especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong;
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.
It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely.
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,
and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,
so that no man may boast before God.
But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power,
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;
Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.