New American Standard Bible 2020

Ephesians 4:12-16

12 1for the equipping of the 2saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of 3the body of Christ; 13until we all attain to 4the unity of the faith, and of the 5 6knowledge of the Son of God, to a 7mature man, to the measure of the stature 8which belongs to the 9fullness of Christ. 14 10As a result, we are 11no longer to be children, 12tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by 13craftiness 14in 15deceitful scheming; 15but 16speaking the truth 17in love, 18we are to 19grow up in all aspects into Him who is the 20head, that is, Christ, 16from whom 21the whole body, being fitted and held together 22by what every joint supplies, according to the 23proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself 24in love.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 4:12 2 Cor 13:9 ↩
2. Ephesians 4:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
3. Ephesians 4:12 1 Cor 12:27; Eph 1:23 ↩
4. Ephesians 4:13 Eph 4:3, 5 ↩
5. Ephesians 4:13 Or true knowledge ↩
6. Ephesians 4:13 John 6:69; Eph 1:17; Phil 3:10 ↩
7. Ephesians 4:13 1 Cor 14:20; Col 1:28; Heb 5:14 ↩
8. Ephesians 4:13 Lit of the fullness ↩
9. Ephesians 4:13 John 1:16; Eph 1:23 ↩
10. Ephesians 4:14 Lit So that we will no longer be ↩
11. Ephesians 4:14 1 Cor 14:20 ↩
12. Ephesians 4:14 James 1:6; Jude 12 ↩
13. Ephesians 4:14 1 Cor 3:19; 2 Cor 4:2; 11:3 ↩
14. Ephesians 4:14 Lit with regard to the scheming of deceit ↩
15. Ephesians 4:14 Eph 6:11 ↩
16. Ephesians 4:15 Or holding to; or being truthful in ↩
17. Ephesians 4:15 Eph 1:4 ↩
18. Ephesians 4:15 Or let’s grow up ↩
19. Ephesians 4:15 Eph 2:21 ↩
20. Ephesians 4:15 Eph 1:22 ↩
21. Ephesians 4:16 Rom 12:4f; Col 2:19 ↩
22. Ephesians 4:16 Lit through every joint of the supply ↩
23. Ephesians 4:16 Lit working in measure ↩
24. Ephesians 4:16 Eph 1:4 ↩

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