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12 (A)to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for (B)building up (C)the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to (D)the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, (E)to mature manhood,[a] to the measure of the stature of (F)the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, (G)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in (H)deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, (I)speaking the truth in love, we are to (J)grow up in every way into him who is (K)the head, into Christ, 16 (L)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, (M)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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  1. Ephesians 4:13 Greek to a full-grown man

12 為的是要裝備聖徒,去承擔聖工,建立基督的身體; 13 直到我們眾人對 神的兒子都有一致的信仰和認識,可以長大成人,達到基督豐盛長成的身量; 14 使我們不再作小孩子,中了人的詭計和騙人的手段,給異教之風搖撼,飄來飄去, 15 卻要在愛中過誠實的生活,在各方面長進,達到基督的身量。他是教會的頭, 16 全身靠著他,藉著每一個關節的支持,照著每部分的功用,配合聯繫起來,使身體漸漸長大,在愛中建立自己。

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