⁷ If ^(A)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(B)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8 (C)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(D)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, so ^(A)that^[a] they may see your good works and ^(B)give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

⁸ Therefore it says,

⁹ (^(C)In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into ^(D)the lower regions, the earth?^{[b] 10} He who descended is the one who also ^(E)ascended ^(F)far above all the heavens, that he might ^(G)fill all things.) ¹¹ And ^(H)he gave the ^(I)apostles, the prophets, the ^(J)evangelists, the ^(K)shepherds^[c] and teachers,^{[d] 12 (L)}to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ^(M)building up ^(N)the body of Christ, ¹³ until we all attain to ^(O)the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, ^(P)to mature manhood,^[e] to the measure of the stature of ^(Q)the fullness of Christ, ¹⁴ so that we may no longer be children, ^(R)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in ^(S)deceitful schemes. ¹⁵ Rather, ^(T)speaking the truth in love, we are to ^(U)grow up in every way into him who is ^(V)the head, into Christ,