^{1 Ref} I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

^{2 Ref} With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

^{3 Ref} Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

^{4 Ref} There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

^{5 Ref} One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

^{6 Ref} One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

^{7 Ref} But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

^{8 Ref} For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.