Thessalonians part 17

Ephesians 4:1-6, 7-16, 17-24, 25 “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation (what ever our current occupation is at the moment) wherewith you are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. For there is only one Body (or NO divisions No denominations or demonizations), and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above (LORD of) all, and through all, and in you all.


To every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore He said that, When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave [spiritual] gifts to men. (Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He gave some (as gifts to be), apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of (falseness of mans) doctrine, by the sleight of men, in cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive (these are further called false christs, false prophets, anti-Christs, which this study will look at more closely as we move on); But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head, Christ: From Whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes the increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love. (there is to be NO delusions of demonization in divisions, or denominations among those where the LORD is HEAD.)


This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (vain imaginations) of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ (in this way); If so be that you have heard Him, and have been taught by Him, as the Truth (and Grace) is in Jesus: That you put off concerning the former conversation (manor of living) the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed (restored to the former Life that was in Adam as known in Genesis 2) in the spirit of your mind; And that you put on the new man (having passed through death darkness by the circumcision of the heart and sanctification by that death), which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”