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Ephesians 4:1

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of the Lord: or, in the Lord

beseech: Jeremiah 38:20; Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 6:1, 2 Corinthians 10:1; Galatians 4:12; Philemon 1:9-10; 1 Peter 2:11; 2 John 1:5

walk: Ephesians 4:17, Ephesians 5:2; Genesis 5:24, Genesis 17:1; Acts 9:31; Philippians 1:27, Philippians 3:17-18; Colossians 1:10, Colossians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2; Titus 2:10; Hebrews 13:21

vocation: Ephesians 4:4; Romans 8:28-30; Philippians 3:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 3:1; 1 Peter 3:9, 1 Peter 5:10; 2 Peter 1:3

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