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Ephesians 4:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

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But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.

Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

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;

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.

I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.

But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,




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