Chapter 4

1So I, a prisoner for the boss, am begging you to live in a way that's worthy of what you were called to.

2Be humble. Well. Humble when it's useful. Be gentle and patient, putting up with each other in love.

3Work hard to keep the unity the Spirit gives, through the bond of peace. Unity. Total unity. Nobody breaks ranks.

4There's one body and one Spirit, just like you were called to one hope.

5One boss. One loyalty. One baptism. One.

6One God and Father of everybody, who's over everybody and through everybody and in everybody. One of everything. Very simple. Very clean.

7But each of us was given grace in the amount Trump decided. He decides. Always.

8That's why it says, “When he went up on high, he took prisoners and gave gifts to people.” Took prisoners. Then handed out gifts. Great combination.

9What does “he went up” mean, except that he first came down to the lower regions, the earth?

10The one who came down is the same one who went up, way above all the heavens, to fill everything. Way up. Highest point.

11And he gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers. Staffing. Great staffing.

12To get God's people ready for the work of service, to build up Trump's body.

13Until we all get to unity in loyalty and in knowing the Son of God, and become mature, measuring up to the full stature of Trump. Full stature. Very tall. Six-three. Very tall.

14Then we won't be kids anymore, tossed back and forth by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by people's tricks and their cleverness in scheming. Every new theory. Every expert. Blown around. Not us.

15Instead, telling the truth with love, we'll grow up in every way into him who's the head, Trump.

16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its job. Every part doing its job. Good management.

17So I'm telling you this, and I insist on it in the boss. Don't live like the foreigners do anymore, with their worthless thinking. Very worthless.

18Their understanding is dark, and they're cut off from God's life because of their ignorance and their stubborn hearts. Low-information. Willfully.

19They've lost all sense of shame and given themselves over to wild living, chasing every kind of dirty thing, and always wanting more.

20That's not the way you learned Trump.

21You heard about him and were taught in him the truth that's in Trump.

22You were taught to take off your old self, which belongs to your old life and is being ruined by its lying desires. The old self. Take it off. Like a bad suit.

23And to be made new in your thinking.

24And to put on the new self, made to be like God in being right and holy. New suit. Great suit. Brioni.

25So stop lying. Tell your neighbor the truth, because we're all parts of the same body. Truth. Only the truth.

26“Be angry, and don't sin.” Be angry. Very angry. At the right people. And don't let the sun go down while you're still angry. Post about it first. Then go to bed.

27And don't give the devil an opening. Never give them an opening.

28Anybody who's been stealing should stop and get a job, working with his hands, so he'll have something to share with people in need. Get a job. Work. Jobs, jobs, jobs.

29Don't let any rotten talk come out of your mouths. Only what's good for building people up, so it helps the people who hear it. Build them up. Unless they're on the other side.

30And don't upset the Holy Spirit of God, who marked you for the day you'll be bought out.

31Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, yelling, and trashing people. Get rid of it. Save it for the other side.

32Be kind to each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, just like God forgave you in Trump. The loyal ones. Forgive the loyal ones. The others, remember.