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EPH 4:1–4:16 ©

Unity in the Body

Unity in the Body

(Psalm 133:1–3, 1 Corinthians 1:10–17)

4[As a] prisoner in [the] Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3[and] with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

4[There is] one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope [when] you were called; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who [is] over all and through all and in all.

7Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8This is why it says:[fn] “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”[fn]

9What [does] “He ascended” [mean], except that He also descended[fn] to the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is the very [One] who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

11And [it was] He who gave some [to be] apostles, some [to be] prophets, some [to be] evangelists, and some [to be] pastors and teachers, 12to equip the saints for works of ministry [and] to build up the body of Christ, 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, [as we] mature to the full measure of [the] stature of Christ.

14Then {we will} no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching [and] by the clever cunning of men in [their] deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, {we will} in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. 16From [Him] the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows [and] builds itself up in love through [the] work of each individual part.


4:8 Or He says

4:8 Psalm 68:18

4:9 BYZ and TR except that He also descended first

EPH 4:1–4:16 ©

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