Ephesians 4:7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

English Standard Version
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

New American Standard Bible
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

King James Bible
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah's gift.

International Standard Version
Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.

American Standard Version
But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But to every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the giving of Christ.

Darby Bible Translation
But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

Young's Literal Translation
and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

Cross References

Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given to me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

1 Corinthians 12:7
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit with.

1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these works that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

Ephesians 3:2
If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

Hebrews 2:4
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:7-16 Unto every believer is given some gift of grace, for their mutual help. All is given as seems best to Christ to bestow upon every one. He received for them, that he might give to them, a large measure of gifts and graces; particularly the gift of the Holy Ghost. Not a mere head knowledge, or bare acknowledging Christ to be the Son of God, but such as brings trust and obedience. There is a fulness in Christ, and a measure of that fulness given in the counsel of God to every believer; but we never come to the perfect measure till we come to heaven. God's children are growing, as long as they are in this world; and the Christian's growth tends to the glory of Christ. The more a man finds himself drawn out to improve in his station, and according to his measure, all that he has received, to the spiritual good of others, he may the more certainly believe that he has the grace of sincere love and charity rooted in his heart.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. But—Though "one" in our common connection with "one Lord, one faith, &c., one God," yet "each one of us" has assigned to him his own particular gift, to be used for the good of the whole: none is overlooked; none therefore can be dispensed with for the edifying of the Church (Eph 4:12). A motive to unity (Eph 4:3). Translate, "Unto each one of us was the grace (which was bestowed by Christ at His ascension, Eph 4:8) given according to," &c.

the measure—the amount "of the gift of Christ" (Ro 12:3, 6).