Ephesians 4:7-16
Read Ephesians 4 in full →7But ato each one of us bgrace was given caccording to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8Therefore 1it says, “aWhen He ascended on high,He bled captive a host of captives,And He gave gifts to men.”
9(Now this expression, “He aascended,” what 1does it mean except that He also 2descended into bthe lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended afar above all the heavens, so that He might bfill all things.) 11And He Himself agave bsome as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as cevangelists, and some as pastors and dteachers, 12afor the equipping of the 1saints for the work of service, to the building up of bthe body of Christ, 13until we all attain to athe unity of the faith, and of the 1,bfull knowledge of the Son of God, to a cmature man, to the measure of the stature 2which belongs to the dfullness of Christ, 14so that we are ano longer to be children, btossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by ccraftiness 1in ddeceitful scheming, 15but 1speaking the truth ain love, 2we are to bgrow up in all aspects into Him who is the chead, that is Christ, 16from whom athe whole body, being joined and held together 1by what every joint supplies, according to the properly bmeasured working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself cin love.