Ephesians 4:1-13 ▼

1 I, the prisoner of the LORD, then call on you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love,

3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;

4 one body and one Spirit, according as you were also called in one hope of your calling;

5 one Lord, one faith, one immersion,

6 one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,

7 and to each one of you was given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

8 for this reason, it says, “Having gone up on high He led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men.”

9 And that, He went up, what is it except that He also went down first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He who went down is the same who also went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things—

11 and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,

12 to the perfecting of the holy ones, for a work of ministry, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

13 until we may all come to the unity of faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fullness of the Christ,