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\\xa0Ephesians 4:7-16

^7\\xa0But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ\\u2019s gift. ^8\\xa0Therefore it says,\\xa0

\\u201cWhen he ascended on high he led a host of captives,\\xa0

and he gave gifts to men.\\u201d\\xa0

^9\\xa0(In saying, \\u201cHe ascended,\\u201d what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? ^10\\xa0He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) ^11\\xa0And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, ^12\\xa0to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, ^13\\xa0until 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\\xa0so 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\\xa0Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, ^16\\xa0from 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.\\xa0

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\\xa0The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eph 4:6\\u201316.

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