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Ephesians 4:11–13

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11And He Himself agave bsome as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as cevangelists, and some as pastors and dteachers,

12afor the equipping of the 1saints for the work of service, to the building up of bthe body of Christ,

13until we all attain to athe unity of the faith, and of the 1bfull knowledge of the Son of God, to a cmature man, to the measure of the stature 2which belongs to the dfullness of 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

  1. 1Or holy ones
  2. 1Or true knowledge
  3. 2Lit of the fullness

Cross references

  1. aEph 4:8
  2. bActs 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28
  3. cActs 21:8
  4. dActs 13:1
  5. a2 Cor 13:9
  6. b1 Cor 12:27; Eph 1:23
  7. aEph 4:3, 5
  8. bJohn 6:69; Eph 1:17; Phil 3:10
  9. c1 Cor 14:20; Col 1:28; Heb 5:14
  10. dJohn 1:16; Eph 1:23

In other versions

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,

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.

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.

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.

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,

KJV 1900King James Version

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: