¹¹And he gave some, ^gapostles; and some, ^g^hprophets; and some, ⁱevangelists; and some, ^kpastors and ^lteachers; ¹²For the ^mperfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for ⁿthe edifying of ^othe body of Christ: ¹³Till we all come ^||in the unity of the faith, and of ^pthe knowledge of the Son of God, unto ^qa perfect man, unto the measure of the ^||stature of ^rthe fulness of Christ: ¹⁴That we henceforth be no more ^schildren, ^ttossed to and fro, and ^ucarried about ^twith every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and ^wcunning craftiness, whereby they ^xlie in wait to deceive; ¹⁵But ^||speaking ^ythe truth in love, may ^zgrow up into him in all things, ^awhich is ^bthe head, even Christ:

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Ephesians 4:13: … until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ …

Footnotes

gSee ch. 2:20.
gSee ch. 2:20.
hSee Acts 11:27.
kSee Acts 20:28.
lSee Acts 13:1.
mSee 2 Cor. 13:9.
nSo ch. 2:20. See 1 Cor. 14:26.
oSee ch. 1:23.
||Or, into the unity. So ver. 5.
pSo Col. 2:2.
q Col. 1:28? See 1 Cor. 14:20 marg.
||Or, age. See Luke 2:52.
rSee ch. 1:23.
sSo 1 Cor. 14:20. See 1 Cor. 3:1.
tSo James 1:6. Comp. Matt. 11:7. 2 Pet. 3:17.
tSo James 1:6. Comp. Matt. 11:7. 2 Pet. 3:17.
wSee Luke 20:23.
xch. 6:11 (Gk.).
||Or, being sincere. Gk. as Gal. 4:16.
ySee 1 John 3:18. So ver. 25.
zch. 2:21 (Gk.). See 2 Pet. 3:18.
aSee ch. 1:22.
b Col. 2:19. Comp. John 15:5.

Cross references

i Acts 21:8. 2 Tim. 4:5.
u Heb. 13:9. Jude 12.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness. Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.

NLTNew Living Translation

Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit. But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him with reference to all things, who is the head, Christ,