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Ephesians 4:2-16

2withalllowlinessandmeekness,withlong-suffering,bearingἀνεχόμενοιanechomenoiG430withoneἀλλήλωνallēlōnG240anotherinloveἀγάπῃ,agapēG26;

3using diligencetokeepτηρεῖνtēreinG5083theunityoftheSpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151intheunitingbondσυνδέσμῳsundesmōG4886ofpeaceεἰρήνης,eirēnēsG1515.

4[Thereis]oneἓνhenG1520bodyσῶμαsōmaG4983andoneἓνhenG1520SpiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151,asyehavebeenalsoG2532calledἐκλήθητεeklēthēteG2564inoneμιᾷmiaG1520hopeἐλπίδιelpidiG1680ofyourcallingκλήσεωςklēseōsG2821;

5oneεἷςheisG1520Lordκύριος,kuriosG2962,oneμίαmiaG1520faithπίστις,pistisG4102,oneἓνhenG1520baptismβάπτισμα,baptismaG908;

6oneεἷςheisG1520GodθεὸςtheosG2316andFatherπατὴρpatērG3962ofall,whoisoverall,andthroughall,andinusall.

7ButtoeachoneἑνὶheniG1520ofushasbeengivenG1325graceχάριςcharisG5485accordingκατὰkataG2596tothemeasureμέτρονmetronG3358ofthegiftδωρεᾶςdōreasG1431oftheChristΧριστοῦ.ChristouG5547.

8Whereforehesaysλέγει·legeiG3004, HavingascendedἀναβὰςanabasG305uponhighὕψοςhupsosG5311,hehasledcaptivityαἰχμαλωσίαν,aichmalōsianG161captive,andhasgivenG1325giftsδόματαdomataG1390tomenG444.

9Butthatheascendedἀνέβη,anebēG305,whatisG1510itbutthathealsoκαὶkaiG2532descendedκατέβηkatebēG2597intothelowerpartsG3313oftheearthγῆς;gēsG1093?

10HethatdescendedκαταβὰςkatabasG2597isG1510thesameαὐτόςautosG846whohasalsoκαὶkaiG2532ascendedἀναβὰςanabasG305upabovealltheheavensοὐρανῶν,ouranōnG3772,thathemightfillπληρώσῃplērōsēG4137allthingsG3956;

11andhehasgivenG1325someapostlesG652,andsomeprophetsπροφήτας,prophētasG4396,andsomeevangelistsG2099,andsomeshepherdsποιμέναςpoimenasG4166andteachersδιδασκάλους,didaskalousG1320,

12fortheperfectingofthesaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40;withaviewto[the]workἔργονergonG2041of[the]ministryδιακονίας,diakoniasG1248,withaviewtotheedifyingofthebodyσώματοςsōmatosG4983ofChristΧριστοῦ·ChristouG5547;

13untilweallarriveattheunityofthefaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102andoftheknowledgeἐπιγνώσεωςepignōseōsG1922oftheSonυἱοῦhuiouG5207ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316,at[the] full-grownmanἄνδραandraG435,at[the]measureμέτρονmetronG3358ofthestatureἡλικίαςhēlikiasG2244ofthefulnessoftheChristΧριστοῦ·ChristouG5547;

14inorderG2443thatwemaybeὦμενōmenG1510noμηκέτιmēketiG3371longerG3371babes,tossedandcarriedaboutbyeverywindἀνέμῳanemōG417ofthatteachingδιδασκαλίαςdidaskaliasG1319[whichisG1510]inthesleightofmenG444,inunprincipled cunningwithaviewtosystematizederrorG4106;

15but, holdingthetruthἀληθεύοντεςalētheuontesG226inloveἀγάπῃagapēG26,wemaygrowαὐξήσωμενauxēsōmenG837uptohiminallthingsπάντα,pantaG3956,whoisG1510theheadκεφαλή,kephalēG2776,theChristΧριστὸςChristosG5547:

16fromwhomthewholebodyσῶμαsōmaG4983,fittedtogetherσυμβιβαζόμενονsumbibazomenonG4822,andconnectedbyeveryjointofsupply,accordingκατ᾽kat᾽G2596to[the]workingin[its]measureμέτρῳmetrōG3358ofeachoneG1520partμέρουςmerousG3313, worksforitselftheincreaseofthebodyσώματοςsōmatosG4983toitsself-buildingupinloveἀγάπῃ.¶agapēG26.

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