6aone God and Father of all, who is above all, and bthrough all, and in you all.
Spiritual Gifts
7 But ato each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore He says: a“When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.”
9a(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also1 first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He who descended is also the One awho ascended far above all the heavens, bthat He might fill all things.)
11 And He Himself gave some tobe apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, afor the edifying of bthe body of Christ,
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith aand of the knowledge of the Son of God, to ba perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
14 that we should no longer be achildren, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of bdeceitful plotting,
15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the ahead—Christ—
16afrom 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.
The New Man
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should ano longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the ablindness of their heart;
19awho, being past feeling, bhave given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
He has given gifts to all who are part of the church. His gifts serve to carry out His will that we resist temptation and overcome sin. Those things are good, but His gifts also include things that add to other factors that deal with the church.
Ephesians 4:7-8
He has given gifts to all who are part of the church. His gifts are for the purpose of carrying out His will, which is that we resist temptation and overcome sin. But it does not end there. Those things are good, certainly, but His gifts also include things that add to other factors that deal with the church.
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He has given gifts to all who are part of the church. His gifts serve to carry out His will that we resist temptation and overcome sin. Those things are good, but His gifts also include things that add to other factors that deal with the church.