Ephesians 4
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Ephesians 4:4-13

4There is 1one body and one Spirit, just as you also 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 the captives, And He gave gifts to people.” 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, some as prophets, some as 19evangelists, some as 20pastors and 21teachers, 1222for the equipping of the 23saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of 24the body of Christ; 13until we all attain to 25the unity of the faith, and of the 2627knowledge of the Son of God, to a 28mature man, to the measure of the stature 29which belongs to the 30fullness of Christ.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 4:4 1 Cor 12:4ff; Eph 2:16, 18 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 4:4 Eph 1:18 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 4:5 1 Cor 8:6 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 4:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 4:7 1 Cor 12:7, 11 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 4:7 Eph 3:2 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 4:7 Rom 12:3 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 4:8 Or He ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 4:8 Ps 68:18 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 4:8 Col 2:15 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 4:9 John 3:13 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 4:9 Lit is it except ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 4:9 One early ms had first descended ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 4:9 Is 44:23 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 4:10 Eph 1:20f; Heb 4:14; 7:26 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 4:10 Eph 1:23 ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 4:11 Eph 4:8 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 21:8 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 4:11 From Gr for shepherds ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 13:1 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 4:12 2 Cor 13:9 ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 4:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 4:12 1 Cor 12:27; Eph 1:23 ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 4:13 Eph 4:3, 5 ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 4:13 Or true knowledge ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 4:13 John 6:69; Eph 1:17; Phil 3:10 ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 4:13 1 Cor 14:20; Col 1:28; Heb 5:14 ↩
  29. 29. Ephesians 4:13 Lit of the fullness ↩
  30. 30. Ephesians 4:13 John 1:16; Eph 1:23 ↩

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