Ephesians 4:8-16

8Therefore 1it says, “2When He ascended on high, He 3led captive the captives, And He gave gifts to people.” 9(Now this expression, “He 4ascended,” what 5does it mean except that He also 6had descended into 7the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended 8far above all the heavens, so that He might 9fill all things.) 11And He 10gave 11some as apostles, some as prophets, some as 12evangelists, some as 13pastors and 14teachers, 1215for the equipping of the 16saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of 17the body of Christ; 13until we all attain to 18the unity of the faith, and of the 1920knowledge of the Son of God, to a 21mature man, to the measure of the stature 22which belongs to the 23fullness of Christ. 1424As a result, we are 25no longer to be children, 26tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by 27craftiness 28in 29deceitful scheming; 15but 30speaking the truth 31in love, 32we are to 33grow up in all aspects into Him who is the 34head, that is, Christ, 16from whom 35the whole body, being fitted and held together 36by what every joint supplies, according to the 37proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself 38in love.