Unity in the Body
(Psalm 133:1–3; 1 Corinthians 1:10–17)

1I therfore which am presoner in the LORDE, exhorte you, that ye walke as it becometh yor callinge wherin ye are called, 2with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes, and longe sufferinge, forbearinge one another in loue, 3and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace. 4One body and one sprete, eue as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge. 5One LORDE, one faith, one baptyme, 6one God and father of vs all, which is aboue all, and thorow all, and in you all.

7Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace, acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ.

8Therfore sayeth he: He is gone vp an hye, and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue, and hath geue giftes vnto men.

9That he wente, vp what is it, but that he first came downe in to ye lowest partes of ye earth? 10He that came downe, is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens, to fulfill all. 11And ye same hath set some to be Apostles, some to be prophetes, some to be Euangelistes, some to be shepherdes & teachers, 12wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of ye body of Christ, 13tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God, and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ 14that we be nomore children, waueringe & caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes, wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. 15But let vs folowe the trueth in loue, and in all thinges growe in him, which is the heade, euen Christ, 16in whom all the body is coupled together, and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all ye ioyntes. Wherby one mynistreth vnto another (acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure) and maketh, that ye body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue.

New Life in Christ
(Colossians 3:1–17)

17This I saye therfore, and testifye in the LORDE, that ye walke nomore as ye other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde, 18blynded in their vnderstondinge, beynge straungers fro the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them, because of the blyndnes of their hert: 19which beynge past repentaunce, haue geue them selues ouer vnto wantonnes, to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse. 20But ye haue not so learned Christ, 21yf so be that ye haue herde of him, & are taught in him, euen as the trueth is in Iesu. 22So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes: 23but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde, 24and put on that new man, which is shapen after God, in true righteousnes and holynes.

25Wherfore put awaye lyenge, and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure, for as moch as we are membres one of another. 26Be angrie, but synne not. Let not ye Sonne go downe vpo youre wrath: 27nether geue place to the bacbyter. 28He that hath stollen, let him steale nomore: but let him laboure rather, and do some good with his hondes, that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth. 29Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth, but that which is good to edifye withall, wha nede is, that it be gracious to heare. 30And greue not the holy sprete of God, wherwith ye are sealed vnto ye daye of redempcion. 31Let all bytternes, and fearsnes, and wrath, and roaringe, & cursed speakynge be farre fro you with all maliciousnes. 32But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ.