THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULNESS OF CHRIST

EPHESIANS 4:9-19

(NOW THAT HE ASCENDED, 

WHAT IS IT BUT THAT 

HE ALSO DESCENDED 

FIRST INTO 

THE LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH?

HE THAT DESCENDED 

IS THE SAME ALSO 

THAT ASCENDED UP FAR ABOVE

 ALL HEAVENS, 

THAT HE MIGHT FILL ALL THINGS.)  

AND 

 HE GAVE SOME, 

APOSTLES; 

AND SOME, 

PROPHETS; 

AND SOME, 

EVANGELISTS; 

AND SOME, 

PASTORS AND TEACHERS;  

FOR 

THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS, 

FOR 

THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY, 

FOR THE EDIFYING 

OF THE BODY OF CHRIST: 

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: 

THAT WE HENCEFORTH BE NO MORE CHILDREN, 

TOSSED TO AND FRO,

 AND CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY 

WIND OF DOCTRINE, 

BY THE SLEIGHT OF MEN, 

AND CUNNING CRAFTINESS, 

WHEREBY THEY LIE IN WAIT TO DECEIVE;

 BUT SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, 

MAY GROW UP INTO HIM IN ALL THINGS, 

WHICH IS THE HEAD, EVEN CHRIST: 

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.
THIS I SAY THEREFORE, 

AND TESTIFY IN THE LORD, 

THAT YE HENCEFORTH WALK 

NOT AS OTHER GENTILES WALK, 

IN THE VANITY OF THEIR MIND,
HAVING 

THE UNDERSTANDING DARKENED, 

BEING ALIENATED

 FROM 

THE LIFE OF GOD THROUGH 

THE IGNORANCE THAT IS IN THEM, 

BECAUSE OF 

THE BLINDNESS OF THEIR HEART: 

WHO BEING PAST FEELING 

HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES 

OVER UNTO LASCIVIOUSNESS, 

TO WORK ALL 

UNCLEANNESS WITH GREEDINESS. 

 

LOVE