003:021 to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen.
004:001 I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you
to live and act as becomes those who have received the call
that you have received—
004:002 with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience,
bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly
striving to maintain,
004:003 in the uniting bond of peace, the unity given by the Spirit.
004:004 There is but one body and but one Spirit, as also when you were called you had one and the same hope held out to you.
004:005 There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
004:006 and one God and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all,
and dwells in all.
004:007 Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out
with the munificence of Christ.
004:008 For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men."
004:009 (Now this "re-ascended"—what does it mean but that He had
first descended into the lower regions of the earth?