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Speak only to build others in Christ

Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Put off bitterness

Ephesians 4:31-32 (NIV)
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

Put off falsehood, dishonesty,

Ephesians 4:25-28 (NIV)
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

Death to self and desire

Ephesians 4:22-24 (NIV)
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Spiritual fortitude in all things - physical 'payoff'

Ephesians 4:14 (NIV)
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

READ THIS CHAPTER!!!! Christ, the church and unity.

Ephesians 4:1 (NIV)
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

We are gifted by Christ

1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.

Christ makes us ONE with God and through church

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NIV)
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

Christ makes us and church ONE

Ephesians 2:14-16 (NIV)
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

Christ is the Head of the Church

Ephesians 5:22-24 (NIV)
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Christ is head of the Church

Ephesians 1:22-23 (NIV)
And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,

Empowerment by Christ

Acts 1:8 (NIV)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Christ EMPOWERS his Church

Ephesians 1:18 (NIV)
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

Love of the church

Ephesians 5:25 (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Church purchased in blood o Christ

Acts 20:28 (NIV)
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

Church is purchased by God

Matthew 16:18 (NIV)
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Parenting

Ephesians 6:2-4 (NIV)
"Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise—

Parenting

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 (NIV)
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.