RKJNT(i)
7 But to every one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Therefore it says, When he ascended on high, he led a host of captives, and gave gifts to men.
9 (In saying that he ascended, what does that mean but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some as apostles; and some as prophets; and some as evangelists; and some as pastors and teachers;
12 For the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:
13 Until we all attain the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.
15 But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all things into him, who is the head, that is, Christ: