12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
9 (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?
10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:12for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
4:12for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
4:12for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:12for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
4:12unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: