This section is linked to the previous section (4:1–6) through the theme of unity (ἑνότης, 4:3, 13). Yet the use of δέ and the first pers. pl. verbs (καταντήσωμεν [4:13], ὦμεν [4:14], αὐξήσωμεν [4:15]), in contrast to the second pers. pl. verbs in the surrounding sections, mark it as distinct. In addition, this section (esp. 4:7–10) stresses diversity (ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ, 4:7) amid such unity for the purpose of building up the body of Christ. Similar
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