Ephesians 4-28 -ESV--Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Ephesians 4-25-32 -ESV--Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. -Be angry and do not sin- do not let the sun go down on your anger, -and give no opportunity to the devil. -Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. -Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. -And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. -Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. -Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4-17-24 -ESV--Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. -They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. -They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. -But that is not the way you learned Christ-- -assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, -to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, -and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, -and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Psalm 90 -ESV--A PRAYER OF MOSES, THE MAN OF GOD. -Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. -Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. -You return man to dust and say, -Return, O children of man-- -For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. -You sweep them away as with a flood- they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning- -in the morning it flourishes and is renewed- in the evening it fades and withers. -For we are brought to an end by your anger- by your wrath we are dismayed. -You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. -For all our days pass away under your wrath- we bring our years to an end like a sigh. -The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty- yet their span is but toil and trouble- they are soon gone, and we fly away. -Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you- -So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. -Return, O LORD- How long- Have pity on your servants- -Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. -Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. -Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. -Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us- yes, establish the work of our hands-

Genesis 32-22-32 -ESV--The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. -He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. -And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. -When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. -Then he said, -Let me go, for the day has broken.- But Jacob said, -I will not let you go unless you bless me.- -And he said to him, -What is your name-- And he said, -Jacob.- -Then he said, -Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.- -Then Jacob asked him, -Please tell me your name.- But he said, -Why is it that you ask my name-- And there he blessed him. -So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, -For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.- -The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. -Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.

Acts 2-1-21 -ESV--When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. -And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. -And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. -And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. -Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. -And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. -And they were amazed and astonished, saying, -Are not all these who are speaking Galileans- -And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language- -Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, -Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, -both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians-we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.- -And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, -What does this mean-- -But others mocking said, -They are filled with new wine.- -But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them- -Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. -For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. -But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel- ---'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and you

Ephesians 4-7-16 -ESV--But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. -Therefore it says, -When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.- --In saying, -He ascended,- what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth- -He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.- -And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, -to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, -until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, -so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. -Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, -from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Ephesians 4-1-6 -ESV--I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, -with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, -eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. -There is one body and one Spirit-just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call- -one Lord, one faith, one baptism, -one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Ephesians 3-14-21 -ESV--For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, -from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, -that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, -so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being rooted and grounded in love, -may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, -and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. -Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, -to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3-7-13 -ESV--7Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power. -8To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, -9and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, -10so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. -11This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, -12in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. -13So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.