Mga Taga-Efeso 4
4
Iisang Katawan kay Kristo
1Kaya bilang isang bilanggo dahil sa paglilingkod sa Panginoon, hinihiling kong mamuhay kayo nang karapat-dapat bilang mga tinawag ng Diyos. 2Maging mahinahon kayo, mapagpakumbaba, maunawain at mapagpaumanhin sa mga pagkukulang ng bawat isa bilang pagpapakita ng pag-ibig ninyo. 3Pagsikapan ninyong mapanatili ang pagkakaisa ninyo mula sa Espiritu sa pamamagitan ng mapayapa ninyong pagsasamahan. 4Sapagkat iisang katawan lamang tayo na may iisang Espiritu, at iisa rin ang pag-asang ibinigay sa atin nang tawagin tayo ng Diyos; 5iisang Panginoon, iisang pananampalataya, at iisang bautismo. 6Iisa ang Diyos at siya ang Ama nating lahat. Naghahari siya, kumikilos at nananahan sa ating lahat.
7Ngunit binigyan ang bawat isa sa atin ng kaloob ayon sa nais ibigay ni Kristo. 8Tulad ng sinasabi sa Kasulatan:
“Nang umakyat siya sa langit,
marami siyang dinalang bihag
at binigyan niya ng mga kaloob ang mga tao.”#4:8 Salmo 68:18.
9(Ngayon, ano ang kahulugan ng, “Umakyat siya sa langit”? Ang ibig sabihin nito ay bumaba muna siya rito sa lupa. 10At siya na bumaba rito sa lupa ang siya ring umakyat sa kataas-taasang langit para maging lubos ang kapangyarihan niya sa lahat ng bagay.) 11Ang ibaʼy ginawa niyang apostol, ang ibaʼy propeta, ang ibaʼy mangangaral ng Magandang Balita, at ang iba naman ay pastor at guro. 12Ginawa niya ito para ihanda sa paglilingkod ang mga hinirang, at sa gayoʼy lumago at maging matatag tayo bilang katawan ni Kristo. 13Sa ganitong paraan, maaabot nating lahat ang pagkakaisa sa pananampalataya at pagkakilala sa Anak ng Diyos, at ganap na lalago sa espirituwal nating pamumuhay hanggang maging katulad tayo ni Kristo.
14At kapag naabot na natin ito, hindi na tayo tulad ng mga bata na pabago-bago ng isip at nadadala ng ibaʼt ibang aral ng mga taong nanlilinlang, na ang hangad ay dalhin ang mga tao sa kamalian. 15Sa halip, ipapahayag natin ang katotohanan nang may pag-ibig, upang sa lahat ng bagay ay higit tayong maging katulad ni Kristo na siyang ulo ng iglesya. 16Sa pamumuno niya, ang lahat ng bahagi ng katawan ay nagkakaugnay-ugnay, at ang bawat isaʼy nagkakaisa sa kanilang pagtutulungan. At sa pagganap ng bawat isa sa kani-kanilang tungkulin, ang buong katawan ay lalago at lalakas sa kanilang pagmamahalan.
Ang Bagong Buhay kay Kristo
17Sa pangalan ng Panginoon, iginigiit kong huwag na kayong mamuhay gaya ng mga taong hindi nakakakilala sa Diyos. Walang kabuluhan ang iniisip nila, 18dahil nadiliman ang isipan nila sa pag-unawa ng mga espirituwal na bagay. At nawalay sila sa buhay na ipinagkaloob ng Diyos dahil sa kamangmangan nila at katigasan ng kanilang puso. 19Nawalan na sila ng kahihiyan, kaya nawili sila sa kahalayan at laging sabik na sabik gumawa ng karumihan.
20Ngunit hindi ganyan ang natutunan ninyo tungkol kay Kristo. 21Kung totoo ngang narinig na ninyo ang tungkol sa kanya at natutunan ang katotohanang nakay Hesus, 22iwanan na ninyo ang dati ninyong pagkatao at pamumuhay. Ang pagkataong ito ang siyang nagpapahamak sa inyo dahil sa masasamang hangarin na dumadaya sa inyo. 23Baguhin na ninyo ang inyong pag-iisip at pag-uugali, 24at isuot ang bago ninyong pagkatao na nilikhang naaayon sa matuwid at banal na Diyos.
25Kaya huwag na kayong magsisinungaling. Ang bawat isaʼy magsabi ng katotohanan sa kanyang mga kapatid#4:25 Tingnan sa Zac. 8:16. kay Kristo, dahil kabilang tayong lahat sa iisang katawan. 26Kung magalit man kayo, “huwag kayong magkasala”#4:26 Salmo 4:4. Ito ay hango sa saling Septuagint.. At huwag ninyong hayaan na lumipas ang araw na galit pa rin kayo. 27Huwag ninyong bigyan ng pagkakataon si Satanas. 28Ang magnanakaw ay huwag nang magnakaw, sa halip ay maghanapbuhay siya nang marangal para makatulong din siya sa mga nangangailangan.
29Huwag kayong magsasalita ng masama kundi iyong makabubuti at angkop sa sitwasyon para maging kapaki-pakinabang sa nakakarinig. 30At huwag ninyong bigyan ng kalungkutan ang Banal na Espiritu ng Diyos. Sapagkat ang Banal na Espiritu ang siyang tanda na kayoʼy sa Diyos, at siya ang katiyakan ng kaligtasan ninyo pagdating ng araw. 31Alisin ninyo ang anumang samaan ng loob, galit, pag-aaway, pambubulyaw, paninira sa kapwa, pati na ang lahat ng uri ng masasamang hangarin.
32Sa halip, maging mabait kayo at maawain sa isaʼt isa. At magpatawad kayo sa isaʼt isa gaya ng pagpapatawad ng Diyos sa inyo dahil kay Kristo.
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Ephesians 4
4
1 I THEREFORE, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the [divine] calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God's service,
2 Living as becomes you] with complete lowliness of mind (humility) and meekness (unselfishness, gentleness, mildness), with patience, bearing with one another and making allowances because you love one another.
3 Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of [and produced by] the Spirit in the binding power of peace.
4 [There is] one body and one Spirit–just as there is also one hope [that belongs] to the calling you received–
5 [There is] one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of [us] all, Who is above all [Sovereign over all], pervading all and [living] in [us] all.
7 Yet grace (God's unmerited favor) was given to each of us individually [not indiscriminately, but in different ways] in proportion to the measure of Christ's [rich and bounteous] gift.
8 Therefore it is said, When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive [He led a train of vanquished foes] and He bestowed gifts on men. [Ps. 68:18.]
9 [But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth?
10 He Who descended is the [very] same as He Who also has ascended high above all the heavens, that He [His presence] might fill all things (the whole universe, from the lowest to the highest).
11 And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.
12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church),
13 [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.
14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.
15 Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
16 For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.
17 So this I say and solemnly testify in [the name of] the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness [in the folly, vanity, and emptiness of their souls and the futility] of their minds.
18 Their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded. [They are] alienated (estranged, self-banished) from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the ignorance (the want of knowledge and perception, the willful blindness) that is deep-seated in them, due to their hardness of heart [to the insensitiveness of their moral nature].
19 In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves [a prey] to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity [that their depraved desires may suggest and demand].
20 But you did not so learn Christ!
21 Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as [all] Truth is in Jesus [embodied and personified in Him],
22 Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion;
23 And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
24 And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another. [Zech. 8:16.]
26 When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.
27 Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him].
28 Let the thief steal no more, but rather let him be industrious, making an honest living with his own hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.
29 Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God's favor) to those who hear it.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin).
31 Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind).
32 And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you.
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