Ephesians 4
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Ephesians 4:10-13

10He who descendedG2597 is HimselfG846 alsoG2532 He who ascendedG305 1farG5231 aboveG5231 allG3956 the heavensG3772, soG2443 thatG2443 He might 2fillG4137 allG3956 thingsG3956.)

11And He 3gaveG1325 4someG3588G3303 as apostlesG652, someG3588 as prophetsG4396, someG3588 as 5evangelistsG2099, someG3588 as 6pastorsG4166 and 7teachersG1320,

128for the equippingG2677 of the 9saintsG40 for the workG2041 of ministryG1248, for the buildingG3619 upG3619 of 10the bodyG4983 of ChristG5547;

13untilG3360 we allG3956 attainG2658 to 11the unityG1775 of the faithG4102, and of the 1213knowledgeG1922 of the SonG5207 of GodG2316, to a 14matureG5046 manG435, to the measureG3358 of the statureG2244 15which belongs to the 16fullnessG4138 of ChristG5547.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 4:10 Eph 1:20f; Heb 4:14; 7:26 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 4:10 Eph 1:23 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 4:11 Eph 4:8 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 21:8 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 4:11 From Gr for shepherds ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 4:11 Acts 13:1 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 4:12 2 Cor 13:9 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 4:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 4:12 1 Cor 12:27; Eph 1:23 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 4:13 Eph 4:3, 5 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 4:13 Or true knowledge ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 4:13 John 6:69; Eph 1:17; Phil 3:10 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 4:13 1 Cor 14:20; Col 1:28; Heb 5:14 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 4:13 Lit of the fullness ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 4:13 John 1:16; Eph 1:23 ↩

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