Ephesians 4:2-12

2 with all 1humility and 2gentleness, with 3patience, 4bearing with one another in love,
3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in 5the bond of peace.
4 There is 6one body and 7one Spirit--just as you were called to the one 8hope that belongs to your call--
5 9one Lord, 10one faith, 11one baptism,
6 12one God and Father of all, 13who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But 14grace was given 15to each one of us 16according to the measure of Christ's gift.
8 Therefore it says, 17"When he ascended on high 18he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."
9 (19In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into 20the lower regions, the earth?[a]
10 He who descended is the one who also 21ascended 22far above all the heavens, that he might 23fill all things.)
11 And 24he gave the 25apostles, the prophets, the 26evangelists, the 27shepherds[b] and teachers,[c]
12 28to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for 29building up 30the body of Christ,

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Cross References 30

  • 1. Acts 20:19; Philippians 2:3; Colossians 3:12; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 5:5; [Colossians 2:18, 23]
  • 2. Galatians 5:23
  • 3. Colossians 1:11
  • 4. Colossians 3:13
  • 5. Colossians 3:14; [Acts 8:23]
  • 6. Ephesians 2:16
  • 7. See Ephesians 2:18
  • 8. Ephesians 1:18
  • 9. Zechariah 14:9; See 1 Corinthians 1:13; 1 Corinthians 8:6
  • 10. [ver. 13; Jude 3]
  • 11. See Galatians 3:27, 28
  • 12. 1 Corinthians 12:5, 6
  • 13. Romans 9:5
  • 14. See Ephesians 3:2
  • 15. [Matthew 25:15; 1 Corinthians 12:7]
  • 16. Romans 12:3; [ver. 16]
  • 17. Cited from Psalms 68:18
  • 18. Judges 5:12; [Colossians 2:15]
  • 19. See John 3:13
  • 20. Psalms 63:9; Isaiah 44:23
  • 21. See Mark 16:19
  • 22. Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 7:26; Hebrews 9:24
  • 23. Ephesians 1:23
  • 24. [1 Corinthians 12:5, 6]
  • 25. See 1 Corinthians 12:28
  • 26. Acts 21:8; 2 Timothy 4:5
  • 27. Jeremiah 3:15; [Acts 20:28]
  • 28. See 2 Corinthians 13:9
  • 29. ver. 16, 29
  • 30. See 1 Corinthians 12:27

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