Ephesians 4:11-15
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
He Gave Gifted People To Equip The Saints To Build Up The Body of Christ To Maturity
11 And He Himself gave some as apostles, and others as prophets, and others as evangelists, and others as shepherds and teachers, 12 for[a] the equipping[b] of the saints for the work of ministry[c], for the building-up of the body of Christ 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature[d] man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, being tossed-about and carried-around by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with-regard-to[e] the scheme of [f] error[g], 15 but that while speaking-the-truth in love, we may grow as to all things into Him Who is the head— Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:12 Or, with a view to. Not the same word as in the next two phrases.
- Ephesians 4:12 Or, preparing, furnishing, training.
- Ephesians 4:12 Or, service.
- Ephesians 4:13 Or, finished, complete.
- Ephesians 4:14 Or, with a view to.
- Ephesians 4:14 That is, leading to; or, proceeding from; or, characterized by.
- Ephesians 4:14 Or, deception.
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