| With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love. | With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. |
| Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. | Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. |
| There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling. | There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call. |
| But, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ. | Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. |
| “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. | Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. |
| Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. | Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. |
| And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. | And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
| And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. | Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. |
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