Ephesians 4:7-15 And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ⁸ Wherefore he says, Having ascended into height, he made captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. ⁹ (And so having ascended, what is it except that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He having descended is the same having ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill up all things.) ¹¹ And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers; ¹² For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ: ¹³ Until we all arrive to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the perfect man, to the measure of age of the filling up of Christ. ¹⁴ That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit; ¹⁵ And speaking the truth in love, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, Christ: