Ephesians 4:1-16
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you
to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with
all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3
eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one
body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to
your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who
is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each one of us
according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says,
“When he
ascended on high he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.”
and he gave gifts to men.”
9 (In
saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into
the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended
far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the
apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to
equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
13 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, 14 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. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in
every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 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.
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