Verš 1
And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called:
Gn 17:1 - In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.
1Kor 7:20 - Let each and every one remain in the same calling to which he was called.
Flp 1:27 - Only let your behavior be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, so that, whether I return and see you, or whether, being absent, I hear about you, still you may stand firm with one spirit, with one mind, laboring together for the faith of the Gospel.
Kol 1:10 - so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,
1Sol 2:12 - in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory.
Verš 2
with all humility and meekness, with patience, supporting one another in charity.
Kol 1:11 - being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,
Kol 3:12 - Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
1Sol 5:14 - And we ask you, brothers: correct the disruptive, console the weak-minded, support the sick, be patient with everyone.
Verš 5
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Dt 4:39 - Therefore, know on this day and consider in your heart, that the Lord himself is God in heaven above, and on earth below, and 98 there is no other.
Mal 2:10 - Is there not one Father of us all? Did not one God create us? Why, then, does each one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?
1Kor 8:4 - But as to the foods that are immolated to idols, we know that an idol in the world is nothing, and that no one is God, except One.
1Kor 8:6 - yet we know that there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things are, and in whom we are, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and by whom we are.
Verš 7
Yet to each one of us there has been given grace according to the measure allotted by Christ.
Rim 12:6 - And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith;
1Kor 12:11 - But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one according to his will.
2Kor 10:13 - Thus, we will not glory beyond our measure, but rather according to the measure of the limit which God has measured out to us, a measure which extends even to you.
1Pt 4:10 - Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Verš 8
Because of this, he says: “Ascending on high, he took captivity itself captive; he gave gifts to men.”
Ž 68:18 - And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.
Verš 9
Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descended, first to the lower parts of the earth?
Jn 3:13 - And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
Jn 6:62 - But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them: “Does this offend you?
Verš 11
And the same one granted that some would be Apostles, and some Prophets, yet truly others evangelists, and others pastors and teachers,
1Kor 12:28 - And indeed, God has established a certain order in the Church: first Apostles, second Prophets, third Teachers, next miracle-workers, and then the grace of healing, of helping others, of governing, of different kinds of languages, and of the interpretation of words.
Verš 12
for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ,
Rim 12:5 - so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.
1Kor 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part.
Ef 1:23 - which is his body and which is the fullness of him who accomplishes everything in everyone.
Ef 5:23 - For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body.
Kol 1:24 - For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are lacking in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the Church.
Verš 14
So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error. 673
1Kor 14:20 - Brothers, do not choose to have the minds of children. Instead, be free of malice like infants, but be mature in your minds.
Mt 11:7 - Then, after they departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Verš 15
Instead, acting according to truth in charity, we should increase in everything, in him who is the head, Christ himself.
Ef 5:23 - For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body.
Kol 1:18 - And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.
Verš 16
For in him, the whole body is joined closely together, by every underlying joint, through the function allotted to each part, bringing improvement to the body, toward its edification in charity.
Rim 12:5 - so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.
1Kor 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part.
Ef 2:21 - In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.
Verš 17
And so, I say this, and I testify in the Lord: that from now on you should walk, not as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Rim 1:9 - For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit by the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I have kept a remembrance of you
Rim 1:18 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven over every impiety and injustice among those men who fend off the truth of God with injustice.
1Pt 4:3 - For the time that has passed is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, those who have walked in luxuries, lusts, intoxication, feasting, drinking, and the illicit worship of idols.
Verš 18
having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.
1Sol 4:5 - not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
Verš 22
to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,
Kol 3:9 - Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,
Heb 12:1 - Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.
1Pt 2:1 - Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.
Verš 24
and so put on the new man, who, in accord with God, is created in justice and in the holiness of truth.
Rim 6:4 - For through baptism we have been buried with him into death, so that, in the manner that Christ rose from the dead, by the glory of the Father, so may we also walk in the newness of life.
Kol 3:10 - and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,
1Pt 4:2 - so that now he may live, for the remainder of his time in the flesh, not by the desires of men, but by the will of God.
Verš 25
Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.
Za 8:16 - Therefore, these are the words that you shall do: Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor. With truth and a judgment of peace, judge at your gates.
Verš 26
“Be angry, but do not be willing to sin.” Do not let the sun set over your anger.
Ž 4:4 - And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.
Verš 27
Provide no place for the devil.
Jak 4:7 - Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1Pt 5:9 - Resist him by being strong in faith, being aware that the same passions afflict those who are your brothers in the world.
Verš 28
Whoever was stealing, let him now not steal, but rather let him labor, working with his hands, doing what is good, so that he may have something to distribute to those who suffer need.
Sk 20:35 - I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
1Sol 4:11 - to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,
2Sol 3:8 - Nor did we eat bread from anyone for free, but rather, we worked night and day, in hardship and weariness, so as not to be burdensome to you.
2Sol 3:12 - Now we charge those who act in this way, and we beg them in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work in silence and eat their own bread.
Verš 29
Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.
Mt 12:36 - But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.
Ef 5:3 - But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,
Verš 30
And do not be willing to grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed, unto the day of redemption.
Rim 8:16 - For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God.
2Kor 1:22 - And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
2Kor 5:5 - Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
Ef 1:13 - In him, you also, after you heard and believed the Word of truth, which is the Gospel of your salvation, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the Promise.
Lk 21:28 - But when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads and look around you, because your redemption draws near.”
Rim 8:23 - and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.
Ef 1:14 - He is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the acquisition of redemption, to the praise of his glory.
Verš 31
Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice.
Kol 3:19 - Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.
Verš 32
And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
Flp 2:1 - Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration:
Kol 3:12 - Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
Mt 6:14 - For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.
Mk 11:25 - And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins.
Kol 3:13 - Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
