Ephesians 4:7-16

Legacy Standard Bible

⁷ But ^(A)to each one of us ^(B)grace was given ^(C)according to the measure of Christ’s gift. ⁸ Therefore ^[a]it says,

⁹ (Now this expression, “He ^(F)ascended,” what ^[b]does it mean except that He also ^[c]descended into ^(G)the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is Himself also He who ascended ^(H)far above all the heavens, so that He might ^(I)fill all things.) ¹¹ And He Himself ^(J)gave ^(K)some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as ^(L)evangelists, and some as pastors and ^(M)teachers, ^12 (N)for the equipping of the ^[d]saints for the work of service, to the building up of ^(O)the body of Christ, ¹³ until we all attain to ^(P)the unity of the faith, and of the ^[e](Q)full knowledge of the Son of God, to a ^(R)mature man, to the measure of the stature ^[f]which belongs to the ^(S)fullness of Christ, ¹⁴ so that we are ^(T)no longer to be children, ^(U)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by ^(V)craftiness ^[g]in ^(W)deceitful scheming, ¹⁵ but ^[h]speaking the truth ^(X)in love, ^[i]we are to ^(Y)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the ^(Z)head, that is Christ, ¹⁶ from whom ^(AA)the whole body, being joined and held together ^[j]by what every joint supplies, according to the properly ^(AB)measured working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself ^(AC)in love.