Ephesians 4:4-16

4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,

5one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

7But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”

9Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

10He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

11It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God – a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.

14So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

15But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

16From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.