I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 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:
19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
1 Enti, me a meyɛ Awurade odeduani no, mesrɛ mo sɛ monnantew sɛnea ɛfata frɛ a wɔfrɛɛ mo no, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Ɛnam ahobrɛase ne ɔbrɛyɛ nyinaa mu, ɛnam aboterɛ mu, a mogye mo ho mo ho to mu wɔ ɔdɔ mu; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Mobɔ mmɔden sɛ mobɛhwɛ Honhom no mu biako a asomdwoeɛ afide kyekyere no so yie. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Onipadua baako, ne Honhom baako na ɛwɔ hɔ, sɛnea wɔafrɛ mo wɔ mo frɛ no anidasoɔ baako mu; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Awurade baako, gyidie baako, asubɔ baako, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Onyankopɔn baako ne nyinaa Agya, a ɔyɛ nneɛma nyinaa so, na ɔfa nneɛma nyinaa mu, na ɔwɔ mo nyinaa mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Nanso wɔde adom ama yɛn mu biara sɛnea Kristo akyɛdeɛ susudua teɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Eyi enti ɔseɛ sɛ, Bere a ɔforo kɔɔ soro no, ɔde nnommumfa kɔɔ nnommumfa, na ɔde akyɛdeɛ maa nnipa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 (Afei, deɛ ɔforo kɔɔ soro no, ɛyɛ dɛn na ɛnyɛ sɛ ɔno nso sianee edii kan kɔɔ asase ase afaafa mu? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Deɛ osianiɛ no ne ɔno nso a ɔforo kɔɔ soro a ɛtra ɔsoro nyinaa so no, sɛnea ɔbɛhyɛ nneɛma nyinaa ma.) Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Na ɔde ebinom maa sɛ asomafoɔ; na ebinom sɛ adiyifoɔ; na ebinom sɛ asɛmpakafoɔ; na ebinom sɛ ahwɛfoɔ ne akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Sɛnea ɔde bɛsiesie ahotefoɔ, ama som adwuma no, ama Kristo honam no kyekyere mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Kosi sɛ yɛn nyinaa bɛba gyidie biako mu, ne Onyankopɔn Ba no nimdeɛ mu, na yɛayɛ onipa a wawie, sɛ Kristo mmayɛ no susudua: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Sɛnea yɛnnyɛ mmofra bio, a nkyerɛkyerɛ mframa biara tu yɛn tow, na ɛde yɛn kɔ ɛfa so, ɛnam nnipa nnaadaa so, ne anifera nsɛmpɛ, a wɔde tena hɔ sɛ wɔbɛdaadaa yɛn; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Na mmom sɛ yɛka nokorɛ wɔ ɔdɔ mu a, yɛbɛnyini wɔ ne mu wɔ biribiara mu, ɔno a ɔyɛ ti no, aane Kristo: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 A ɛfiri ɔno mu na honam mu biara, a wɔatoa yiye na wɔatɔ wɔn ho mu ɛnam bɔbea biara a ɛsom so, sɛnea adwuma a ɛyɛ adwuma wɔ ɔfa biara susudua mu teɛ, de ma honam no nyini wɔ ne ankasa ne kyekye mu wɔ ɔdɔ mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Eyi enti meka, na medi adanseɛ wɔ Awurade mu sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ mofiri seesei mo ho fa nantew sɛ amanaman afoforɔ nantew wɔ wɔn adwene ahuhusɛm mu, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 A wɔn ntease aduru sum mu, wɔatwa wɔn afiri Onyankopɔn nkwa ho, esiane nnim a ɛwɔ wɔn mu no enti, esiane wɔn akoma apirim enti: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Wɔn a wɔn ho nyɛ wɔn dɛ bio no ayi wɔn ho ama akɔnnɔbɔne, sɛ wɔbɛyɛ efi nyinaa adɔɔso so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Nanso, ɛnyɛ saa na moasua Kristo; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Sɛ moatee ne ho asɛm, na wɔakyerɛkyerɛ mo wɔ ne mu, sɛnea nokorɛ no wɔ Yesu mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Sɛ mobɛde suban a atwam no ho onipa dada no asi hɔ, a ɔporɔ sɛnea nnaadaa akɔnnɔ teɛ; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 Na wɔnsesa mo mo adwene honhom mu; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Na mode onipa foforɔ no bɛhyɛ, a wɔabɔ no sɛnea Onyankopɔn teɛ wɔ atenenee ne nokorɛ kronnyɛ mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Eyi enti, monto atoro ntwa gu, na obiara nka nokorɛ nkyerɛ ne yɔnko: efisɛ yɛyɛ akwaa sɛ yɛn ho yɛn ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Mo bo mfuw, na monnyɛ bɔne: mommma owia nntɔ mo abufuo so: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Na mommma ɔbonsam nnya kwan wɔ mo mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Mma deɛ owia no nnwia bio: na mmom momma ɔnyɛ adwuma, ɔmfa ne nsa nyɛ adeɛ a ɛyɛ, sɛnea ɔbɛnya bi ama nea ohia. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Mma asɛmmɔne biara mmfiri mo anom mma, na mmom deɛ ɛyɛ ma kyekye ho, sɛnea ɛbɛma wɔn a wɔte no adom. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Mommma Onyankopɔn Kronkron Honhom nnhu awerɛhoɔ, deɛ wɔde no sɔɔ mo ano kɔɔ agyedeɛ da no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
31 Momma yiwbɔ nyinaa, ne abufuo, ne abufuhyeɛ, ne basaa, ne asɛmmɔnekeka, ne ɔtan nyinaa mfiri mo mu nkɔ: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
32 Na monyɛ ayamyɛ mo ho mo ho, a akoma mu yɛ mo mmerɛ, a mokyɛ mo ho mo ho sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn Kristo enti akyɛ mo no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn