4:7 |
Yet to each one of us there has been given grace according to the measure allotted by Christ. |
4:8 |
Tämän takia, hän sanoo: “Ascending on high, he took captivity itself captive; he gave gifts to men.” |
4:9 |
Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descended, first to the lower parts of the earth? |
4:10 |
He who descended is the same one who also ascended above all the heavens, so that he might fulfill everything. |
4:11 |
And the same one granted that some would be Apostles, and some Prophets, yet truly others evangelists, and others pastors and teachers, |
4:12 |
for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ, |
4:13 |
until we all meet in the unity of faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as a perfect man, in the measure of the age of the fullness of Christ. |
4:14 |
So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error. |
4:15 |
Sen sijaan, acting according to truth in charity, we should increase in everything, in him who is the head, Christ himself. |
4:16 |
Sillä hänessä, the whole body is joined closely together, by every underlying joint, through the function allotted to each part, bringing improvement to the body, toward its edification in charity. |
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