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1 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎠᏴ ᏥᏴᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎠᎩᏍᏛᏗᏍᎬ ᎥᎩᏴᎩᏅᎯ, ᎢᏨᏔᏲᏎᎭ ᎢᏣᎴᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᏓᏯᏅᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎡᏥᏯᏅᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ;
So then, as the prisoner in the Lord I urge you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
2 ᎢᏨᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏓᏅᏘ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᎵᏠᏯᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎬᏂᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏗᏓᏕᎵᏎᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏗ;
with all humility and courtesy, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
3 ᎢᏣᏟᏂᎬᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᎢᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗᏱ ᏌᏉ ᏂᏕᏨᏅ ᏕᏣᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᏴᏛᎢ.
taking pains to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace.
4 ᏌᏉ [ ᎡᎭ ] ᎠᏰᎸᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏌᏉ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏌᏉ ᎤᏚᎩ ᎢᏨᏗᏱ ᎡᏥᏯᏅᏛ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎡᏥᏯᏅᎲ ᏨᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ;
There is one body and one Spirit (just as you also were called in one hope of your calling),
5 ᏌᏉ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᏌᏉ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏌᏉ ᏗᏓᏬᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 ᏌᏉ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏙᏓ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏕᎨᏌᏗᏒ ᏥᏚᏰᎵᏏᏕᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᏂᏥᎥ ᏥᏥᏯᎠ.
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.
7 ᎠᏎᏃ ᏂᏗᎥ ᎢᏗᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎡᎩᏁᎸ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᏟᎶᎥ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Now to each one of us the grace according to the measure of Christ's gift was given.
8 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᎭ, ᎾᎯᏳ ᏚᎴᏅᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏭᎶᏒ, ᏚᏴᎩᏁ ᏗᎨᏥᏴᎩᏅᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏁᎴ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
That is why He says, “When He ascended into the heights He captured the concentration camp, and distributed gifts to men.”
9 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏧᎴᏅᎯ ᏣᏗᎭ, ᎦᏙ ᎦᏛᎦ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏧᏠᎠᏒ ᎡᎳᏗᏢ ᏕᎨᏌᏗᏒ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᎷᏨ ᏂᎦᏛᎬᎾ ᏱᎩ?
(What does ‘He ascended’ imply if not that He also first descended into the interior regions of the earth?
10 ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏨᏧᏠᎠᏎᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏥᏚᎴᏁᎢ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏢ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᏕᎨᏌᏗᏒ ᏥᏭᎷᏤᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᎧᎵᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ.
He who descended is the very one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
11 ᎢᎦᏛᏃ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᏚᏪᎧᏁᎢ; ᎢᎦᏛᏃ, ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ; ᎢᎦᏛᏃ, ᎠᎾᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ; ᎢᎦᏛᏃ, ᏗᏂᎦᏘᏯ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎾᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ;
Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 ᏄᏂᎪᎸᎾ ᎢᎨᎬᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏘ, ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎤᎾᎵᏂᎪᎯᏍᏙᏗᏱ;
for the equipping of the saints into the work of the ministry, so as to build up the body of Christ,
13 ᎬᏂ ᏂᏗᎥ ᏫᏗᏱᎶᎸᎭ ᏌᏉ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎡᏙᎯᏳᏒᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏗᎦᏔᎲᎢ — ᏗᎦᏛᎾᏯ ᎢᏗᏍᎦᏯ ᎢᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ — ᎠᎧᎵᎢ ᎠᏟᎶᎥ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎢᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ;
until we all attain into the unity of the faith and of the real knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man, into the resulting full stature of Christ;
14 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎪᎯ ᎢᏳᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏗᏗᏲᎵ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎢᎩᏃᎸᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏂᎦᎥᏉ ᏗᏕᏲᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎦᏃᎸᏔᏂᏙᎲᎢ, ᎤᎾᏓᎵᏓᏍᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏴᏫ, ᎠᏂᏏᎾᏌᏅ ᎠᏂᎦᏘᏴ ᎤᎾᏓᎶᏄᎮᏗᏱ;
so that we no longer be ‘infants’, tossed about as by waves and carried off by every doctrinal fad, through the underhanded dealings of the people who collect the fee for the error;
15 ᏚᏳᎪᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᎧᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏛᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏔᎵ ᎢᏛᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᏗᎦᏛᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᏚᏓᏕᏫᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎪᎵ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ;
rather, speaking the truth in love, let us in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, the Christ;
16 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒ ᏨᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ ᏂᎬ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏗᏙᎵᎩ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏚᏚᏓᏕᏫᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏚᎯᏢᎾᎥ ᏥᏚᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᏟᎶᎥ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ ᏧᏓᏤᎵᏛ ᏕᎨᏌᏗᏒᎢ, ᎧᏁᏉᏍᎪ ᎠᏰᎸᎢ, ᎠᏓᎵᏂᎪᎯᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
from whom the whole body, being fitted and knit together by what every joint supplies, as each individual part does its work, promotes its own growth, its own edification, in love.
17 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏥᏪᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏨᏁᏤᎭ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏚᏙᎥ ᎬᏗᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎪᎯ ᎢᏳᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎢᏤᎲ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎠᏁᎲ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᏄᏍᏕᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎫᎯᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏚᎾᏓᏅᏛ ᎠᏂᏍᏓᏩᏗᏒᎢ,
So then, I affirm and insist on this in the Lord: you must no longer carry on as the rest of the Gentiles do, in the futility of their mind,
18 ᎤᏃᎵᏍᏗᏱ ᏧᎾᎵᏏᎲᏎᎸᎯ, ᎤᎾᏞᏛ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏰᎸᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏂᎦᏔᎾᎥᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᏧᏂᎾᏫ ᏗᏍᏓᏱᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ.
having been darkened in their understanding, being alienated [as a continuing condition] from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts,
19 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᎾᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ ᏚᎾᏓᏲᏒ ᎤᎾᎵᏐᏢᎢᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎦᏓᎭ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᎤᏂᎬᎥᏍᎬ ᏅᏧᎵᏍᏙᏔᏅ.
who, having become dead to hope, have abandoned themselves to depravity, greedily indulging in every kind of vileness.
20 ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎥᏝ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏄᏍᏗ ᏰᏣᏕᎶᏆᎡᎸ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ,
Now that is not how you ‘learned Christ’—
21 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎰᏩ ᎡᏣᏛᎦᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏤᏲᏅᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎤᏪᎲ ᏥᏌ;
if indeed you have heard Him and been taught by Him (as the truth is in Jesus):
22 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎢᏣᎴᏂᏙᎸ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎢᏴᏛ ᎢᏨᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᏪᏘ ᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏓᎵᏓᏍᏗ ᎠᏚᎸᏅᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ;
that you put away, concerning your former way of life, the old man (that keeps on being corrupted by the deceitful desires),
23 ᎠᎴ ᎢᏤ ᎢᏤᏨᏁᏗᏱ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏕᏣᏓᏅᏛᎢ;
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏤ ᏴᏫ ᎢᏣᏄᏬᏍᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏒ ᎠᏍᎦᏅᎢᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ.
and put on the new man, created in the likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness.
25 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏂᏨᏁᎲ ᎠᏥᎪᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏂᏥᎥ ᎢᏥᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎨᏒ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏨᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏕᏣᏓᏁᏤᎲ ᎾᎥ ᎢᏣᏓᎳ; ᏕᎦᏚᏓᏕᏫᏒᏰᏃ.
Therefore, having put away falsehood, ‘Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,’ for we are members of one another.
26 ᎢᏥᏔᎳᏬᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏥᏍᎦᏅᎨᏍᏗ; ᏞᏍᏗ ᏅᏙ ᏭᏕᎵᏨᎩ ᎨᏥᏔᎳᏬᏍᎩ;
‘Be angry but do not sin’; do not let the sun set on your angry mood,
27 ᎠᎴ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎡᏥᎳᏅᏓᏕᎸᎩ ᎠᏍᎩᎾ.
nor give an opportunity to the devil.
28 ᎤᏃᏍᎩᏛᏃ ᎨᏒ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏳᏃᏍᎩᏎᏍᏗ; ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎮᏍᏗᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏕᎬᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏧᏬᏰᏂ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏛᏁᎮᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎬᏩᏁᏗ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᎬᏎᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
The one who steals must steal no longer, but rather let him work, doing something good with his hands, that he may have something to share with someone in need.
29 ᏞᏍᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏲ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏅᏓᏳᏄᎪᏨᎩ ᏗᏥᎰᎵ, ᎣᏍᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᏓᎵᏂᎪᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏚᎸᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏐᏗᏱ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᎠ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᎷᏤᏗᏱ ᎠᎾᏛᎩᏍᎩ.
Let no evil word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, as needed, that it may impart grace to those who hear.
30 ᎠᎴ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎤᏲ ᏰᏣᏓᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏥᏰᎸᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎬᏂ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎢᎦ ᎡᏧᏓᎴᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏍᏆᎸᎲᎭ.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 ᏂᎦᎥ ᎠᏓᏂᏆᏗᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏔᎳᏬᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎧᎾᎸᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏓᏯ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎿᎭᎸᎯ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎢᏴᏛ ᎢᎬᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎢᏤᎲᎢ, ᎤᎵᏠᏯᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎤᏐᏅ ᎨᏒᎢ;
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and slander be removed from you, with all malice.
32 ᎠᎴ ᏗᏣᏓᎨᏳᎯᏳ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎢᏣᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᏗᏥᎾᏫᏱ, ᏕᏣᏓᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᏕᏣᏓᏍᎦᏅᏤᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏥᎨᏥᏁᎸ ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏅᏨ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏥᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ.
Rather, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as in Christ God forgave you.

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