Ephesians 4:1-13 ▼

1 Therefore I, the imprisoned in the Lord, beseech you to walk Worthy of the calling which ye were called,

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing one another in love;

3 Striving earnestly to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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

5 One Lord, one faith, one immersion,

6 One God and Father of all, who over all, and through all, and in you all.

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

8 Wherefore he says, Having ascended into height, he made captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

9 (And so having ascended, what is it except that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He having descended is the same having ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill up all things.)

11 And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers;

12 For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:

13 Until we all arrive to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the perfect man, to the measure of age of the filling up of Christ.