Ephesians 3:14-4:16

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴ For this reason I ^(A)bend my knees before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom ^[a]every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, ¹⁶ that He would grant you, according to ^(B)the riches of His glory, to be ^(C)strengthened with power through His Spirit in ^(D)the inner ^[b]self, ¹⁷ so that ^(E)Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being ^(F)rooted and ^(G)grounded in love, ¹⁸ may be able to comprehend with ^(H)all the ^[c]saints what is ^(I)the width and length and height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know ^(J)the love of Christ which ^(K)surpasses knowledge, that you may be ^(L)filled to all the ^(M)fullness of God.

^20 (N)Now to Him who is ^(O)able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, ^(P)according to the power that works within us, ^21 (Q)to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations ^[d]forever and ever. Amen.

Unity of the Spirit

4 Therefore I, ^(R)the prisoner of the Lord, ^(S)urge you to ^(T)walk in a manner worthy of the ^(U)calling with which you have been ^(V)called, ² with all ^(W)humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another ^(X)in love, ³ being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the ^(Y)bond of peace. ⁴ There is ^(Z)one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one ^(AA)hope of your calling; ^5 (AB)one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all ^(AC)who is over all and through all and in all.

⁷ But ^(AD)to each one of us ^(AE)grace was given ^(AF)according to the measure of Christ’s gift. ⁸ Therefore ^[e]it says,

⁹ (Now this expression, “He ^(AI)ascended,” what ^[f]does it mean except that He also ^[g]had descended into ^(AJ)the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is Himself also He who ascended ^(AK)far above all the heavens, so that He might ^(AL)fill all things.) ¹¹ And He ^(AM)gave ^(AN)some as apostles, some as prophets, some as ^(AO)evangelists, some as ^[h]pastors and ^(AP)teachers, ^12 (AQ)for the equipping of the ^[i]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of ^(AR)the body of Christ; ¹³ until we all attain to ^(AS)the unity of the faith, and of the ^[j](AT)knowledge of the Son of God, to a ^(AU)mature man, to the measure of the stature ^[k]which belongs to the ^(AV)fullness of Christ. ^14 [l]As a result, we are ^(AW)no longer to be children, ^(AX)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by ^(AY)craftiness ^[m]in ^(AZ)deceitful scheming; ¹⁵ but ^[n]speaking the truth ^(BA)in love, ^[o]we are to ^(BB)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the ^(BC)head, that is, Christ, ¹⁶ from whom ^(BD)the whole body, being fitted and held together ^[p]by what every joint supplies, according to the ^[q]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself ^(BE)in love.