- It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
- to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
- until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
- Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.
- Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
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- And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
- for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
- until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
- As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
- but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
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