September 21, 2013, Reading

^{Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13}

^{1 I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you were called.}

^{2 With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love.}

^{3 Take every care to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together.}

^{4 There is one Body, one Spirit, just as one hope is the goal of your calling by God.}

^{5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,}

^{6 and one God and Father of all, over all, through all and within all.}

^{7 On each one of us God’s favour has been bestowed in whatever way Christ allotted it.}

^{11 And to some, his ‘gift’ was that they should be apostles; to some prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers;}

^{12 to knit God’s holy people together for the work of service to build up the Body of Christ,}

^{13 until we all reach unity in faith and knowledge of the Son of God and form the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.}