Ephesians 4:4-16

4There is 1one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one 2hope of your calling; 53one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all 4who is over all and through all and in all.

7But 5to each one of us 6grace was given 7according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8Therefore 8it says, “9When He ascended on high, He 10led captive a host of captives, And He gave gifts to men.” 9(Now this expression, “He 11ascended,” what 12does it mean except that He also 13had descended into 14the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended 15far above all the heavens, so that He might 16fill all things.) 11And He 17gave 18some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as 19evangelists, and some as pastors and 20teachers, 1221for the equipping of the 22saints for the work of service, to the building up of 23the body of Christ; 13until we all attain to 24the unity of the faith, and of the 2526knowledge of the Son of God, to a 27mature man, to the measure of the stature 28which belongs to the 29fullness of Christ. 1430As a result, we are 31no longer to be children, 32tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by 33craftiness 34in 35deceitful scheming; 15but 36speaking the truth 37in love, 38we are to 39grow up in all aspects into Him who is the 40head, even Christ, 16from whom 41the whole body, being fitted and held together 42by what every joint supplies, according to the 43proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself 44in love.