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But to each one of us grace was given according to the
measure of Christ’s gift.
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Therefore He says:
“ When He ascended on
high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.
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(Now this, “He ascended”—what
does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower
parts of the earth?
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He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all
the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
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And He Himself gave some to be
apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors
and teachers,
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for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry,
for the edifying of the body of Christ,
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till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the
measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; -
Ephesians 4:7-13
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