Ephesians 4:11-19

New American Standard Bible

¹¹ And He ^(A)gave ^(B)some as apostles, some as prophets, some as ^(C)evangelists, some as ^[a]pastors and ^(D)teachers, ^12 (E)for the equipping of the ^[b]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of ^(F)the body of Christ; ¹³ until we all attain to ^(G)the unity of the faith, and of the ^[c](H)knowledge of the Son of God, to a ^(I)mature man, to the measure of the stature ^[d]which belongs to the ^(J)fullness of Christ. ^14 [e]As a result, we are ^(K)no longer to be children, ^(L)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by ^(M)craftiness ^[f]in ^(N)deceitful scheming; ¹⁵ but ^[g]speaking the truth ^(O)in love, ^[h]we are to ^(P)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the ^(Q)head, that is, Christ, ¹⁶ from whom ^(R)the whole body, being fitted and held together ^[i]by what every joint supplies, according to the ^[j]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself ^(S)in love.

The Christian’s Walk

^17 (T)So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, ^(U)that you are to no longer walk just as the ^[k]Gentiles also walk, in the ^(V)futility of their minds, ¹⁸ being ^(W)darkened in their understanding, ^[l](X)excluded from the life of God because of the ^(Y)ignorance that is in them, because of the ^(Z)hardness of their heart; ¹⁹ and they, having ^(AA)become callous, ^(AB)have given themselves up to ^(AC)indecent behavior ^[m]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.