12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.
16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
12 to equip his 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.
16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
12 See 2 Cor. 13:9to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ver. 16, 29building up See 1 Cor. 12:27the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to [ver. 5] the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, Heb. 5:14to mature manhood,4:13 Greek to a full-grown man to the measure of the stature of ch. 1:23the fullness of Christ, 16 Col. 2:19from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, [ver. 7]when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, 1 Cor. 14:26for the edifying of Col. 1:24the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith Col. 2:2and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to 1 Cor. 14:20; Col. 1:28; Heb. 5:14a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 16 (Rom. 12:4); Col. 2:19from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
12 for the equipping of the 4:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s peoplesaints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the 4:13 Or true knowledgeknowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature 4:13 Lit of the fullnesswhich belongs to the fullness of Christ. 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together 4:16 Lit through every joint of the supplyby what every joint supplies, according to the 4:16 Lit working in measureproper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, 4:12 Rm 7:4; 1Co 10:16; 12:27; Col 2:1713 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, 4:13 Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 growing into maturity with a stature 4:13 Lk 2:52 measured by Christ’s fullness. 16 From him the whole body, fitted and knit together 4:16 Col 2:2 by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth 4:16 Col 2:19 of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part.
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Until we all meet into the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ; 16 From whom the whole body, being compacted and fitly joined together, by what every joint supplieth, according to the operation in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in charity.
7-13 But that doesn’t mean you should all look and speak and act the same. Out of the generosity of Christ, each of us is given his own gift. The text for this is,
He climbed the high mountain,
He captured the enemy and seized the plunder,
He handed it all out in gifts to the people.
Is it not true that the One who climbed up also climbed down, down to the valley of earth? And the One who climbed down is the One who climbed back up, up to highest heaven. He handed out gifts above and below, filled heaven with his gifts, filled earth with his gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ’s followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ’s body, the church, until we’re all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God’s Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ.
14-16 No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are easy prey for predators. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
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