Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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7 Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah's gift.
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But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
8 For it says: When He ascended on high, He took prisoners into captivity; He gave gifts to people.
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This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”
9 But what does "He ascended" mean except that He descended to the lower parts of the earth?
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(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?
10 The One who descended is the same as the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.
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He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
11 And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
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So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
12 for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,
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to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God's Son, [growing] into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ's fullness.
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until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
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Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head-Christ.
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
16 From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part.
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From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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