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Ephesians, Chapter 4, verses 1-16

¹ Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, ² with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, ³ being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.	1 Eph 3:1 Rom 12:1 Eph 2:10 Col 1:10 Col 2:6 Th1 2:12 Rom 11:29 Rom 8:28 2 Col 3:12 Eph 1:4 3 Col 3:14 4 Co1 12:4 Eph 2:16 Eph 2:18 Eph 1:18 5 Co1 8:6 6 Rom 11:36
⁷ But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. ⁸ Therefore^a Or Heit says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.”	7 Co1 12:7 Co1 12:11 Eph 3:2 Rom 12:3 8 Psa 68:18 Col 2:15
⁹ (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what^b Lit is it exceptdoes it mean except that He also^c One early ms reads had first descendedhad descended into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) ¹¹ And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, ¹² for the equipping of the^d Or holy onessaints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; ¹³ until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the^e Or true knowledgeknowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature^f Lit of the fullnesswhich belongs to the fullness of Christ. ¹⁴ ^g Lit So that we will no longer beAs 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^hin deceitful scheming; ¹⁵ butⁱ Or holding to or being truthful inspeaking the truth in love,^j Or let us grow upwe are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, ¹⁶ from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together^k Lit through every joint of the supplyby what every joint supplies, according to the^l Lit working in measureproper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.	9 Joh 3:13 Isa 44:23 10 Eph 1:20 Heb 4:14 Heb 7:26 Eph 1:23 11 Eph 4:8 Act 13:1 Co1 12:28 Act 21:8 Act 13:1 12 Co2 13:9 Co1 12:27 Eph 1:23 13 Eph 4:3 Eph 4:5 Joh 6:69 Eph 1:17 Php 3:10 Co1 14:20 Col 1:28 Heb 5:14 Joh 1:16 Eph 1:23 14 Co1 14:20 Jam 1:6 Jud 1:12 Co1 3:19 Co2 4:2 Co2 11:3 Eph 6:11 15 Eph 1:4 Eph 2:21 Eph 1:22 16 Rom 12:4 Col 2:19 Eph 1:4


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