Living in the Gospel Ephesians 4:1-16

I don't feel quite up to it this week. It seems the Lord's apostle, by being in a worse place than I, is in a better place than I to urge what needs urging, to "Make the ask."
Many translations don't quite capture the word order of the first verses of Ephesians 4. My free translation from Greek is: Therefore I urge you--I, the prisoner of the Lord--that you live in a way that well represents the calling with which you were called, living with all humility and gentleness, with all long suffering and forbearance toward one another in love, jealously guarding the unity the Spirit has given in our bond together in peace.

Paul is asking for something radical, he is urging us to dive to the bottom of the pile, to take the worst for one another's best. He's asking for much more than here a little, there a little. But Paul can ask, he's given his all--held nothing back.
In comparison, I'm a little embarrassed to urge the same, it seems I've given so little. And yet, hiding in God's grace, I will ask, I will urge, I will call and encourage us all to live in light of our calling. I have to, for I need the reminder--we all do. And by God's grace, he reminds us, calls us, urges us...to Live in the Gospel...