Ephesians 4:7-13

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⁷ But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.^{(A) 8} Therefore it is said,

⁹ (When it says, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended^[b] into the lower parts of the earth?^{[c] 10} He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) ¹¹ He himself granted that some are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers^{(C) 12} to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,^{(D) 13} until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity,^[d] to the measure of the full stature of Christ.^(E)