Unity in the Body (Psalm 133:1–3; 1 Corinthians 1:10–17)
2 ULT with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love, BSB BSB: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
5 ULT one Lord, one faith, one baptism, BSB BSB: one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 ULT one God and Father of all, the one over all and through all and in all. BSB BSB: one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7 ULT And to each one of us this grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. BSB BSB: Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 ULT Therefore it says:“Having ascended to the heights, he led captives into captivity,{ and} he gave gifts to men.” BSB BSB: This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
9 ULT And this“He ascended,” what is it except that he also descended into the lower regions of the earth? BSB BSB: What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
10 ULT The one having descended is also himself the one having ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things. BSB BSB: He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
11 ULT And he himself gave the apostles, and the prophets, and the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers, BSB BSB: And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 ULT for the equipping of the saints for the work of serving, for building up of the body of Christ, BSB BSB: to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
13 ULT until we all reach to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, BSB BSB: until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
14 ULT so that we may no longer be children tossed back and forth by the waves and carried away by every wind of teaching through the trickery of men in cleverness for deceitful scheming. BSB BSB: Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
15 ULT Instead, speaking truth in love, let us grow up in all things into him who is the head,{ even} Christ, BSB BSB: Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
16 ULT from whom the whole body, being joined and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working in measure of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for building up itself in love. BSB BSB: From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
New Life in Christ (Colossians 3:1–17)
17 ULT Therefore, I say this and strongly urge you in the Lord, to walk no longer as the Gentiles also walk, in futility of their minds. BSB BSB: So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
18 ULT They have been darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their hearts. BSB BSB: They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
19 ULT They, being dead to all feeling, handed themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. BSB BSB: Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
20 ULT But you did not thus learn about Christ, BSB BSB: But this is not the way you came to know Christ.
21 ULT if indeed you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus. BSB BSB: Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—
22 ULT You are to put aside{ what} belongs to your former manner of life, the old man being corrupted according to{ its} deceitful desires, BSB BSB: to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
23 ULT and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, BSB BSB: to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
24 ULT and to put on the new man{ that is} according to God— having been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. BSB BSB: and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
25 ULT Therefore, putting aside the lying, let each of you speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another. BSB BSB: Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
26 ULT Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your indignation, BSB BSB: “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
27 ULT nor give an opportunity to the devil. BSB BSB: and do not give the devil a foothold.
28 ULT The thief must steal no longer. But rather, he must labor, working good with his hands, so that he may have something to share with the ones having need. BSB BSB: He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
29 ULT Do not let any corrupt talk come out from your mouth, but whatever{ is} good for building up of the{ one in} need, so that it might give grace to the hearers, BSB BSB: Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
30 ULT and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. BSB BSB: And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 ULT Let all bitterness, and rage, and anger, and quarreling, and insults be removed from yourselves, along with all malice. BSB BSB: Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
32 ULT Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you. BSB BSB: Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
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