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3 earnest in keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called with one hope that belongs to your calling,
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7 To each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Therefore it says, "He ascended on high; he led away captives; he gave gifts to men."
9 What does "he ascended" mean, except that he had descended into the lowest parts of the earth?
10 He who descended is also he who "ascended" high above all the heavens to fill all things.
11 And he "gave" to some to be apostles, some prophets, some tellers of the good news, some shepherds and teachers,
12 for the equipment of the saints, for the work of service, for building up the body of Christ,
13 until we all attain oneness in the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, and the maturity of manhood and the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we shall be no longer children tossed and borne about by every wind of teaching through the trickery of men and craftiness in the devices of deceit,
15 but speaking the truth in love we shall grow wholly into him who is the head, Christ,
16 from whom the whole body framed together and strengthened by what every joint supplies vigorously, in the measure of each, makes growth in building itself up in love.